One of the most fascinating things about the Book of Common Prayer is that its meaning has changed almost as much as the meaning of Scripture itself. Countless Anglicans across the centuries and now across the world, praying the same text, have bound to imagine different meanings to those same words. A case in pointContinue reading “Example of His Patience: Palm Sunday and Holy Week”
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Governed and preserved evermore: Passion Sunday (Lent V)
WE beseech thee, Almighty God, mercifully to look upon thy people; that by thy great goodness they may be governed and preserved evermore, both in body and soul; through Jesus Christ our Lord. Amen. Collect for Passion Sunday, BCP Oh, theodicy. We need narratives to make sense of our lives. Just because they’re narratives doesn’t makeContinue reading “Governed and preserved evermore: Passion Sunday (Lent V)”
“Pour thy grace into our hearts”: Annunciation of the Blessed Virgin Mary
(Luke 1:26-38) “The earth was without form and void, and darkness was over the face of the deep. And the Spirit of God was hovering over the face of the waters. And God said, “Let there be light,” and there was light.” “In the beginning was the Word, and the Word was with God, andContinue reading ““Pour thy grace into our hearts”: Annunciation of the Blessed Virgin Mary”
No Power Of Ourselves: Lent II
I’m of two minds about the way language of “Christian duty” is obsolete in #millennial post-Christendom. I am convinced that it’s obsolete: I just have two competing reasons why. Human life is complicated and Christendom was complicated, so I’m sure that both are right in different ways and in different circumstances. On Ash Wednesday IContinue reading “No Power Of Ourselves: Lent II”
All those who are to be called…: Lenten Ember Days
A few weeks ago, a Roman Catholic seminarian asked me, “has women’s ordination helped the Anglican Church?” His question was innocent enough, posed with genuine curiosity, and I appreciated his effort to hear the experience of another Christian tradition. Maybe it helps that I understand the sacramental theology underlying Roman (and Eastern) insistence on aContinue reading “All those who are to be called…: Lenten Ember Days”
New and Contrite Hearts: Ash Wednesday and Lent I
I’m of two minds about the way language of “Christian duty” is obsolete in #millennial post-Christendom. I am convinced that it’s obsolete: I just have two competing reasons why. Human life is complicated and Christendom was complicated, so I’m sure that both are right in different ways and in different circumstances. I’ll go into one of thoseContinue reading “New and Contrite Hearts: Ash Wednesday and Lent I”
Luminous Beings 