Category Archives: Art

He is Alive!

He blesses every love which weeps and grieves And now he blesses hers who stood and wept And would not be consoled, or leave her love’s Last touching place, but watched as low light crept Up from the east. A … Continue reading

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A Sonnet for Maundy Thursday

Here is the source of every sacrament, The all-transforming presence of the Lord, Replenishing our every element Remaking us in his creative Word. For here the earth herself gives bread and wine, The air delights to bear his Spirit’s speech, … Continue reading

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Jeremy Begbie: What can we learn about the gospel from music?

The important question when engaging culture is not, “Do I like this?” but rather, “What’s going on here?” said Jeremy Begbie, the Thomas A. Langford Research Professor of Theology and director of Duke Initiatives in Theology and the Arts at Duke Divinity … Continue reading

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Two All Saints Musicians Featured this Month in Durham Concert

All Saints Church members Ehsan Samei and Amy Kortus  (members of  Nyquistmusic.org) performed in a recent musical event at Duke University. Take a listen!

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The Mission of Art : Christianity Today Interviews All Saints Church’s own David O. Taylor

The Mission of Art W. David O. Taylor grounds his aesthetic passion in the local church. Christianity Today: Mark Moring | posted 5/18/2010 Growing up as a missionary kid in Guatemala, David Taylor was learning the meaning of beauty before … Continue reading

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Anglican Worship Conference this November @ ASC

Worship Conference  November 8-10, 2011 @ All Saints Church  Click HERE for a special video invitation  from  Steve Breedlove What is the message of the Gospel that is hard-wired into our Anglican liturgy, and how do we communicate it clearly … Continue reading

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Easter Monday

I was struck today by the craziness of the first Christian sermon, preached by Peter in Acts 2 (a portion of which assigned for today in the Daily Office, hence this post’s title), especially as I tried to imagine myself … Continue reading

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what happened on the cross…

I was stopped in my tracks by these words penned by the 8th century monk John of Damascus.  He is said to be the last of the Church Fathers. How often the cross becomes a worn-out and shallow symbol of … Continue reading

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The Stations of the Cross – A Devotion for Lent

You may have seen the announcement in the Sunday Bulletin or in the KNN that All Saints will be offering the Stations of the Cross on Sunday, March 27 at 6 PM, and Wednesday, April 6 at 7 PM (also, … Continue reading

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Last Sunday after the Epiphany – Transfiguration Sunday

Collect of the Day O God, who before the passion of your only-begotten Son revealed his glory upon the holy mountain: Grant to us that we, beholding by faith the light of his countenance, may be strengthened to bear our … Continue reading

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