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This service of Lessons and Carols from 2000 goes back to the beginning, to Genesis 1, to understand Christmas more broadly, not only as the undoing of the fall, but as a step in the restoration and completion of all creation.
This service of Lessons and Carols from 1999 envisions the day when the whole creation will cease its groaning, and embrace a new order of God's shalom.
This service of Lessons and Carols from 1998 draws texts from some of the most muscular and profound of the Christian tradition.
This service of Lessons and Carols from 1997 depicts the contrast between death and life, despair and hope, in order to see a glimpse of the glory of God.
These services of Lessons and Carols from 1993, 1994, 1995, and 1996 tell the stories of the loving purposes of God as seen through the windows and words of the Bible.
View a slideshow of visual arts from various churches.
View a slideshow of visual arts from various churches.
View a slideshow of visual arts from various churches.
God's Word makes a breath-taking confession about followers of Jesus: they have become resurrected with their risen Lord.
Language that folks wouldn’t dream of using in face-to-face conversation has now become, sad to say, a normal part of their careless, coarsened interaction. How do you reduce the level of shrill and inappropriate talk and behavior?
St. Paul commended it as a resurrection virtue. A humble person is within a millimeter of becoming like Christ himself, who “did not consider equality with God something to be grasped… but humbled himself and became obedient unto death—even death on a cross!”
