In my first year of blogging there were some amazing days when posts got liked and shared and commented on. There were also days of slogging away with nobody looking in. Sometimes the problem was clearly bad timing: It was hard to lure in readers in the busy days of December, and if I posted […]
Archives for January 2014
St. Gregory of Nazianzus — “The Theologian”
In much of Western Christianity, today is the feast of St. Gregory of Nazianzus (c. 329 – c. 389). In the East he is celebrated on other days and regarded much more highly: they call him “The Theologian.” I can’t overestimate how important Gregory is to me, though in truth I have read only a […]
The Holy Name of Jesus (via Heidelberg Catechism Q. 29)
It is January 1, the eighth day of Christmas. I suppose what comes to mind most quickly is the strange gift of “eight maids a milking.” (How on earth were they wrapped?) In the Anglican communion, and in some past periods for the Catholic Church, this is the day to remember “The Holy Name of […]