So the other day, a friend asked me a question that boiled down to this: Does Christmas have to be a religious holiday?
My immediate response as a person of faith who follows Jesus and as an Episcopal priest was, âWell, yeah â¦â
I mean, what else would it be?
And then immediately I thought of all those people who are not believers who celebrate Christmas because society does, and do so without too many worries because, well . society celebrates it.
We have sales. We have singalongs. We have trees. We have presents to give and to receive. We have parties.
English By Cecily Hilleary Share on Facebook Print this page WASHINGTON - In a normal year, Christmas is a joyful time for Episcopalians on the Rosebud Reservation in South Dakota, home of the Sicangu Lakota Oyate (The Burnt Thigh Nation), which has seen as many as 30 new coronavirus cases in a day.
The year 2020 has been anything but normal.
“We’ve had to change everything,” said Mother Lauren Stanley, the presbyter (priest-in-charge) for the west half of the Rosebud Episcopal Mission.
Normally, Stanley offers services at the Church of Jesus, a small white clapboard building dating to 1875, and in three other churches under her supervision.