Introducing "A Moveable Feast"

Beginning this fall, the Rev. Richard Lawson will introduce us to some well known and some not so well known Christian figures whose roles were as varied as they were interesting. These services are geared towards our younger members, but all are of course welcome. We hope that children will gather in the Chancel.

St. Michael & All Angels–Tuesday, Sept. 27, 2011
C. S. Lewis–Monday, Nov. 21 (6:30-7)
St. Nicholas of Myra–Tuesday, Dec. 6 (6-6:30)
St. Brigid of Ireland–Wednesday, Feb. 1, 2012
The Annunciation of Our Lord–Monday, Mar. 26
St. Julian of Norwich–Tuesday, May 8

 

Julian of Norwich: A Moveable Feast
Tuesday, May 8; 6:00–6:30 pm; In the Chancel
Please join us on Tuesday, May 8, from 6–6:30 pm to learn something about an amazing woman who lived a long, long time ago.  Though many of the details of Julian of Norwich’s life are sketchy, it is known that she was born in the early 1340s.  At a time when plague epidemics were rampant, Julian became very ill and experienced and wrote about her ‘intense visions of Christ.’  Her book, Sixteen Revelations of Divine Love, is thought to be the first book written by a woman, and her book is still available almost seven centuries later! Julian withdrew from society, becoming something called an anchoress, to pursue her writing and her theology.  It is fascinating that during such a dark time, she wrote about God’s love in terms of compassion and joy, not in terms of law and duty.  Julian even suggested that there is a motherly and fatherly quality of Christ and this idea greatly influenced feminist theology.