Words are violence softest. Limits beginning. The course of life by which we will be judged— how our utterance led all others to one thought or eclipsed the next. As boys we were corrupted by a false king and other fantasies, the designs of dirty old men imprinted on us through text with digits ethereal,…
The fractured state of North American Anglicanism is a barrier to faithfully witnessing the faith once delivered in our increasingly ungodly continent. The continent is gradually repaganizing and following the old gods, who are no gods at all. Perhaps it is odd to quote Ben Franklin. Still, his words apply to the state of affairs…
The Lord gives the grace to experience three childhoods in our life. They represent a mystical ascent Adolescence: Awakening In the beginning, you opened your eyes, and there was light. The teachers say that light reaching us in the night sky arrives late from very long ago, impossibly far away. Your infant sight unveiled, and…
A Walk in the Ancient Western LectionaryA Walk in the Ancient Western Lectionary: An Introduction Come Thou Long Expected Jesus – The First Sunday in Advent Lo! He Comes with Clouds Descending – Second Sunday in Advent On Jordan’s Bank the Baptist Cries – Third Sunday in Advent O Come, O Come, Emmanuel – The…
Decalogue Series (Rafferty)Christ, the End of the Law: The Decalogue and Christian Ethics One God and One Lord: Commandments 1-3 Keeping the Feast-Christ and the Sabbath Honoring Father and Mother Do No Murder: Love of Neighbor and the Love of God Adultery and Theft: Seizing God’s Gifts Bearing Faithful Witness Coveting and Christian DesireCommandment 5…
It should come as no surprise that Roman Catholics, by and large, do not accept the validity of Anglican orders, as to do so would severely undermine their own claim to be the One True Church. Ever since the Church of England became independent, then, Romanists have lodged a number of arguments against those orders….
A Walk in the Ancient Western LectionaryA Walk in the Ancient Western Lectionary: An Introduction Come Thou Long Expected Jesus – The First Sunday in Advent Lo! He Comes with Clouds Descending – Second Sunday in Advent On Jordan’s Bank the Baptist Cries – Third Sunday in Advent O Come, O Come, Emmanuel – The…
Decalogue Series (Rafferty)Christ, the End of the Law: The Decalogue and Christian Ethics One God and One Lord: Commandments 1-3 Keeping the Feast-Christ and the Sabbath Honoring Father and Mother Do No Murder: Love of Neighbor and the Love of God Adultery and Theft: Seizing God’s Gifts Bearing Faithful Witness Coveting and Christian DesireCommandment 4…
World Of Wonders: A Spirituality of Reading. By Jeff Crosby. Brewster, MA: Paraclete Press, 2025. 176 pp. $18.99 (paper). I have put forth the suggestion that books are a way that our lives can be opened up, expanded, sharpened, deepened, and made more vibrant and whole. Reading as part of our practice of spiritual disciplines is…
A Walk in the Ancient Western LectionaryA Walk in the Ancient Western Lectionary: An Introduction Come Thou Long Expected Jesus – The First Sunday in Advent Lo! He Comes with Clouds Descending – Second Sunday in Advent On Jordan’s Bank the Baptist Cries – Third Sunday in Advent O Come, O Come, Emmanuel – The…