HILLSPEAKING
from The Anglican Digest 

ADVENT - CHRISTMAS - EPIPHANY A.D. 2008
Reprint from the 1995 Advent Christmas - Epiphany issue of  THE ANGLICAN DIGEST.

THE SEASONS of the Church Year set the tasks and pace for the Hillspeak work force. They revolve around the mailing of THE ANGLICAN DIGEST (TAD) which, in turn, depends upon the date of Easter Day.

Two issue dates are fixed: the Feast of the Transfiguration (6 August) and Michaelmas (29 September), but the other four can vary as much as from 22 March to 24 April for the Easter issue alone. The remaining three will vary according to the Church Year dates of Ash Wednesday, the Day of Pentecost and Advent Sunday.

Generally speaking, TAD’s mailing date is roughly thirty days before the issue date, e.g., the Transfiguration TAD will be mailed on or about 6 July whether the Pentecost has been mailed in April or May.
 
Whether the time between TAD mailings is thirty days or forty-five days, that time must be used to mail ANGLICAN BOOK CLUB selections, orders from THE ANGLICAN BOOKSTORE, correspondence and — almost daily — books to or from OPERATION PASS ALONG. Twiddling-fingers time is in short supply

Inasmuch as TAD is published by a very small staff consisting, in the main, of an editor and managing editor, the lead time for material for the magazine, for the most part, is prepared in the season or seasons preceding the issue scheduled. As an example, the material, including this “Hillspeaking”, for the Advent issue is being prepared during late Transfiguration and early Michaelmas. And the comments being received are most likely about the Transfiguration or earlier issues. It does make for a bit of confusion from time to time.

If one is working on Advent it must be August.  To paraphrase the Preacher, “There is at Hillspeak time to be busy, very busy; and time, not to be idle, but less busy.”

At any season, come visit.  Just don’t ask what season it is.



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