By MATT SEDDON The last thing the world needs right now is bad theology. We need theology that gives us hope and shows us how to be good neighbors in scary and uncertain times. Theology is not God, nor is theology God’s words. Theology is like a finger pointing at the moon. It is not the moon, but it helps
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By MATT SEDDON Well, everyone, we are now in uncharted waters, and it ain’t much fun. Covid-19 is spreading, and it already seems to be taking so much away from us. At the church I serve, Christ Church, per Mexico City government order, we’ve had to suspend Sunday in-person services and go to online services. Many people are self-quarantining, some
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By MATT SEDDON On Jan. 22, desperate parents of children with cancer demonstrated and caused a significant amount of chaos at Mexico City’s Benito Juárez International Airport. They were fighting for the lifesaving medications their children needed — medications they said they could not obtain. The leader of the protest received a call from a high-level government official, who assured him the
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By MATT SEDDON Christ Church, the only English-language Anglican Church in Mexico City, will hold its annual Festival of Lessons and Carols on Sunday, Dec. 15, at 6:00 pm. Lessons and Carols is a beloved Christmas tradition in both the United Kingdom and the United States. Although its origins are almost mythical, what is known is that the first service
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By MATT SEDDON Buy! Buy! Buy! Cook! Cook! Cook! Decorate! Decorate! Decorate! These are the messages bombarding us right now from every direction. They make us feel even more frantic and crazy than we already do. We are in conflict-ridden and difficult times, and in the midst of all the distressing messages from the news media and our social media
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By THÉRÈSE MARGOLIS … The American Benevolent Society and Christ Church Parish hosted a lavish Thanksgiving luncheon on Thursday, Nov. 28…
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By MATT SEDDON Mexico City’s Angel of Independence Monument is now covered with political graffiti. It is now both a witness to the hopes that come with independence and to the lack of independence women in Mexico have due to violence. The protests that included spray painting the Angel were instigated by allegations of horrendous rapes of underage girls by
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By MATT SEDDON Like everyone else, I watched the terrible and tragic killings in El Paso and Dayton on Saturday, Aug. 3, and Sunday, Aug. 4, with horror and deep sadness. As an U.S. citizen, I felt profound loss and empathy for the victims and their families, as well as frustration, helplessness and despair as mass shootings, which we Americans
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By MATT SEDDON In 13 B.C., the Roman Emperor Augustus built an altar to peace on the outskirts of Rome. He had just returned from squashing resistance to the empire in what is now Spain and France. The altar – called the Ara Pacis Augustae – was beautifully carved with images that reinforced Roman notions of the Pax Romana, the
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By MATT SEDDON As I began finalizing preparations for Holy Week in the church I serve, Denis Hernández Barona crucified himself. The Cuban immigrant chained himself to a cross on the Mexican border with Guatemala to protest against a recent wave of deportations of Cuban migrants. The story caught my eye as I readied my church to remember Jesus carrying
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