The Election Day Sermon
Election Day of the 18th and early 19th century was very different than it is today. In Colonial New England, Election Day was a holiday, and there would be gr...
Tag: Church History
The Story of the Pew
The most common question the Church Educators at The Old North Church are asked is, “what is the deal with the little boxes?’ The most common respo...
The Registration of Churches in Massachusetts
The church that I am presently serving, Bethany Congregational Church, is opening a preschool this year, and part of the licensing process with the Commonwealth...
The Wardens Wands
I am a history geek with a sub-specialty of church history geekdom and as such I am interested in all things related to church and the history of worship...
The Pope is Coming
Any discussion of the United States being founded as a Christian nation needs to include the definition of what a Christian actually was. How we, Christians in...
Churches and Their History with Slavery
Historian John Fea recently pointed out an article in the New York Time about how one Rhode Island Church is coming to grips with their past history of slavery....
Podcast: America’s Spiritual Founding Father
Fr. Peter looks at a little bit of colonial religious history with Professor Thomas Kidd.
English Separatists and My Family
If you have been following these pages for any length of time, you know that my family is heavily involved in family research. We can trace our ancestors back ...
The Queen of England and the Church of Scotland
This week, in Edinburgh, the Church of Scotland is meeting in the General Assembly. The Assembly is the Supreme Court of the Church and is charged with making ...
Orthodox English Translation
When St. Herman and the other monks from the Valaam Monastery brought the Orthodox Faith to North America they brought that faith in the Russian language. They...