The Mayan Calendar and the End of the Age

It is about to be the 21st of December, 2012.  Some claim that the Mayans predicted that this will be the end of the world.  This is an opinion derived from the fact that the Mayan calendar ends on the 21st.  It is a strange thought really – the end of a calendar means that it is the end of the world.  According to that logic modern cultures around the world predict the end of creation every year on the 31st of December.  We all see the fault in that idea.  In old Books of Common Prayer (BCP’s) there are charts used to determine when a holiday will fall and they each project out for a set number of years but nobody ever said the church was predicting the end of the age. Continue reading

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A Reflection on the Sandy Hook Elementary School Shooting

Today the people of our nation ask themselves why did the shooting in Connecticut happen? Why were innocent children murdered? What can be done to stop it from happening again? Continue reading

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