Yes. Day trips to Taos; Chaco Canyon; Bandolier; other pueblos. Great food

For the first time this year, we had a service offsite at the location of our parish picnic this September. It was a Sunday when the ironman triathlon significantly limited access to our church. Still we had visitors who found their way to us. But yes, I'm loath to change anything about services

my rule of thumb is: if the buses aren't running, we won't have church. Because if the buses aren't running, I can't get there either.

Regular attendance: 20 @ 8 and 100 @ 10. The surprising thing? There were visitors at both services

On the first Sunday of Advent this year, we had 9 inches of snow on the ground. It stopped falling about 7 am. There were 8 people at our 8:00 service and 45 at 10. It was something of a surprise because we hadn't had snow like this on a Sunday in several years.

Now you’re casting aspersions on thousands of Anglicans and Episcopalians and they will smother you with clouds of incense

We call that “Neo-Gothic”

One of my favs: being berated by a self-righteous German for laughing during the spaghetti scene in Goodfellas during a screening in Tübingen in 1991

Right. Because tourists never travel hundreds or thousands of miles to visit the Nürnberger Christkindlmarkt. 😏

You might look for some conservative Mennonite groups. Don’t know of any offhand but there used to be a lot of such albums floating around

Love this! Wish it were happening in the US and I could be part of it (I’ve been having an internal dialogue for some 30 years that may or may not be of interest to others).

Replicas

Former Anabaptist historian here. “Terrorist” is an anachronism. They came to power legally because of their resolute opposition to the Catholic bishop’s efforts to control civic politics; moderate males abandoned the city leaving their wives behind to manage their property; but also apocalyptic ism

First visitation by the bishop of the reunited Diocese of Wisconsin to Grace. Two confirmands, one baptism. A young man approached me after service about baptism.

As an Episcopal priest, I always smile internally when I say “we are worthy to stand before you” in Rite II, Prayer B and then watch as congregants insist on kneeling

Let’s be honest. Traditionally, most people cooked turkey once or twice a year but the sides were in regular rotation so they were proficient at them. That’s why they tasted better.

Not sure I’ve ever had Mac and cheese at a Thanksgiving dinner