Mike Angell

Archbishop of Canterbury on Lent

For your Lenten Enjoyment!

Pilgrimage

This is the first time in several years that I haven’t spent March preparing to leave for El Salvador, to be a pilgrim on the road to the tomb of Archbishop Oscar Romero. I’ve been thinking a great deal about pilgrimage lately. As part of a course this January we had to write up aContinueContinue reading “Pilgrimage”

Standing on your head for Lent

Sometimes Jesus doesn’t make a lot of sense. In today’s Gospel reading he exhorts his followers to fast, but also tells them not to make a big deal of it. Though the Old Testament reading from Joel tells us to “Blow the Trumpet. Sanctify a fast.” Jesus says specifically, “Do not blow a trumpet.” Confusing.ContinueContinue reading “Standing on your head for Lent”

We Are One: A Concert and Expectation

Yesterday some friends and I headed down to the Lincoln Memorial for the “We are One” concert in celebration of Barack Obama’s Inauguration. It was incredible. We got down to the memorial on the metro relatively easily and walked into the Mall around noon. It was pretty cold standing for the two and a halfContinueContinue reading “We Are One: A Concert and Expectation”