Are you Prepared?

The four weeks before Christmas Day constitute the season of Advent, which marks the beginning of the Christian year. Advent means ‘arrival’. It refers to the coming of Christ: his first coming in humility at Bethlehem, and his second coming in glory at the end of...

A Thanksgiving Confession

On Thanksgiving Day (November 27 in the USA), the following by Stanley Pritchard may be an appropriate admission.   Lord, we confess that we love to be independent, and we find it hard to give thanks for everything that happens to us, everything that comes our way. We...

Thanksgiving

As Thanksgiving Day approaches in the USA (November 27 this year), I want to focus more on Praise and Thanksgiving for my many blessings, and to cultivate an attitude of gratitude. As an aid in that regard I am using The Preces Privatae of Lancelot Andrewes...