Young Men are The Future Young men are the future of the Anglican Church in North America. They are the resource, if well stewarded, by which the church will be replenished through the Spirit. Young men will also, if either neglected or ignored, opt out of ordained ministry altogether in favor of pursuits and careers…
When Masculinity Disappears and the Church Becomes Silent Let’s be honest. A growing number of Christian men have stopped going to church—and not because they’ve lost the faith. It’s because the church has lost them. Why? Some blame secular culture, others point to boredom, but beneath the surface is a festering wound: the feminization of…
Commandment 10 “Mortify therefore your members which are upon the earth; fornication, uncleanness, inordinate affection, evil concupiscence, and covetousness, which is idolatry” (Col 3:5).[1] In the verses preceding this exhortation, the Apostle reminds the Colossians that they have been united to Christ in his resurrection and ascension. No longer are they slaves to the old…
Feast of St. Matthew St. Matthew’s calling is a beautiful display of God’s love for each human being, right where He finds us. St. Matthew is introduced to us as a passing thought at first glance. We learn that Jesus is passing from his healing a man (inflaming the scribes by forgiving his sins) when…
This year, the feast of St. Matthew falls on a Sunday, so the Fourteenth Sunday After Trinity is also St. Matthew’s Day. May Robert Nelson’s devotional guidance in his Companion for the Festivals and Fasts of the Church of England bless you this weekend, to turn your eyes upon the mercy of Jesus Christ for…
A Defense of Sacred Images and Their Veneration When I first began this “trilogy” of articles on images I was sitting in my local coffee shop. I now find myself beginning to write this final installment in a local brewery which was converted from an old church. While there aren’t as many logos surrounding me…
The Church being always in need of manful men who are impressed with a due sense of what it means to be ordained to the ministry of bishops, priests, and deacons, 18th-century English layman Robert Nelson leads us devotionally in his Companion for the Festivals and Fasts of the Church of England. Ember Days in…
Making Disciples: Catechesis in History, Theology, and Practice. By Alex Fogleman: Grand Rapids: Eerdmans, 2025. 220 pp. $29.99 (paper). For those who are interested in restoring the practice of catechesis, the task of finding a suitable catechism should pose no difficulty, as there are many options readily available, both old and new. The question of…
The Thirteenth Sunday after Trinity ~ Almighty Father, who dost give The gift of life to all who live, Look down on all earth’s sin and strife, And lift us to a nobler life. What praiseworthy, or “laudable service,” may we render to the Almighty Creator of the cosmos and earth? We are mere creatures…
The “Anti- Syndrome” is one of the ongoing pathologies of the Continuing Anglican Movement. There is quite a bit of positive advertising out there on church websites, but when you actually get to St. Francis-in-the-Fens, what one finds is that this is often a cover for the same old anti-TEC, anti-liberal, anti-gay rhetoric that has…