Rachel and Maureen Shea of the Episcopal Public Policy Network in DC carry two lanterns up the aisle in Old North Church.

Today, Rachel lit one of the two lanterns that will shine in Old North Church
(best known for the midnight ride of Paul Revere) throughout the week in
honor of the DNC as well as the opening of the Rose Kennedy Greenway.
It was not only a once-in-a-lifetime opportunity for Rachel (afterwards
while biking back to Cambridge I wanted to yell, “The British are
coming! The British are coming!”), but it was also a great opportunity
to demonstrate that “religious” and “conservative” are not synonymous.
Vicar Ayres’s sermon in fact focused on the meaning of “debt,” as in
“forgive us our debts” in the Lord’s Prayer, and what meaning that might have in this time of our (literal) national debt.

 

(The title, btw, is from the poem by Longfellow)