My most recent article was posted at The Episcopal Cafe on Christmas Eve, you can read it all HERE.
Below is an Excerpt
Merry Christmas to All!
~ Rev. Peter M. Carey
The Christmas Pageant
St. Stephen’s Episcopal Church in Middlebury, Vermont was and is a vibrant church in a small college town where the Christmas pageant was a big deal. The pageant had the whole cast, from Mary to the wise men, to scads of shepherds to angels, to scores of sheep, to a donkey and a cow. The readings of the Christmas stories from Luke and Matthew alternated with the traditional hymns of Christmas. The pageant was fun for kids, and was (as I now appreciate) a ton of work for the adults in the church, and was a set- up for all kinds of chaos.
Read it all HERE.
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