by Ann Drake | Mar 1, 2020 | Pantry Musings
This is the beginning of the first full week in Lent. We usually say the Great Litany during this week, and this is typically the only time of the year that we say it. However, I think that we should say it at least one more time in order to realize what we have said...
by Ann Drake | Feb 23, 2020 | Pantry Musings
This is the week of Ash Wednesday (February 25), one of the most important days in the Christian year. It is the beginning of Lent, the forty days before Easter, the day on which we are imposed with ashes and reminded of our sins. What is a sin? I suppose you might...
by Ann Drake | Feb 16, 2020 | Pantry Musings
Frederick Douglass, a social reformer according to the Episcopal Lectionary Calendar, is celebrated on February 20. Douglass was a Black spokesman for the Abolitionist Movement, editor of the North Star, and adviser to President Lincoln. He was also a slave who...
by Ann Drake | Feb 6, 2020 | Pantry Musings
“The measure of a society is found in how they treat their weakest and most vulnerable citizens.” Not long ago I received an e-mail with this quote from Carter, or maybe it is a paraphrase, but it is close whichever it is. And it made me start mulling over our current...
by Ann Drake | Jan 13, 2020 | Pantry Musings
This is the first week after Epiphany, and yesterday we celebrated the baptism of Jesus by John the Baptist in the River Jordan. During this event, God proclaims that Jesus is His Son. Hence, this is a special day for us and we celebrate by repeating our vows or the...
by Ann Drake | Dec 15, 2019 | Pantry Musings
The third Sunday of Advent is marked by Matthew’s account of John’s imprisonment. One of the very important questions that John continues to have is whether his selection of Jesus as the chosen one was accurate. A not uncommon question for all of us at the end of our...
