This year for Advent Quiet Day on December 9, the Daughters of the King are decorating the Parish Hall with masterpieces of religious art. One of those paintings is Christ in the House of Martha and Mary, by Johannes Vermeer.
Read MoreWhen I was six, I became very ill with rheumatic fever, which left me with a damaged heart. The doctors prescribed complete bed rest, so I was confined to my upstairs bedroom for most of that year. My small bedroom became my world.
Read MoreIt’s interesting that the Prayer Book’s Daily Office for Advent starts with Peter’s warning about Christ’s second coming. But then again, last Sunday was Christ the King day, in which we acknowledge that Christ truly is the King and will one day rule in a new world filled with God’s righteousness.
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