At the Cross: Reflections on the Stations of the Cross. By Justin D. Clemente. Anglican Compass, 2024. xxiii + 148 pp. $14.95 (paper). A number of Lenten practices and observances—e.g., prayer, almsgiving, and fasting—are longstanding elements of the Christian tradition, yet may be unfamiliar for those who are newcomers to the Anglican way. One such…
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…
The Toxic War on Masculinity: How Christianity Reconciles the Sexes. By Nancy R. Pearcey. Grand Rapids: Baker Books, 2023. 352 pp. $26.99 (hardcover). In Nancy Pearcey’s latest offering, The Toxic War on Masculinity, she takes on a subject ripe for cultural commentary: the attack on men in contemporary society. With her characteristic wit and rhetorical…
The Common Service: The English Liturgy of the Church of the Augsburg Confession. By James D. Heiser. Malone, TX: Repristination Press, 2022. 323 pp. $39.99 (hardcover). Acknowledging that liturgical study is not the favorite subject of everyone, why would an Anglican read this book? Why should an Anglican care about the Lutheran liturgy? The answer…
No hesitation, Lord, Do I, in sinning, feel In thought or deed or word. Keep back, I pray, my sin’s reward, Nor let me hesitation feel In repenting afterward.
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…
I see no shrouded silhouette or trace Of solid might—thick haze conceals The mountains of St. Gabriel again As if they never were; all mist, These memories of paths perfumed with sage And broom, of hills where Our Lord’s candles rise From dagger mounds and where the scrub jays screech– Their flight like blue sparks…
The Book of Exodus tells the story of God’s deliverance of His people out of bondage in Egypt and God’s deliverance of His law to those people through the mediatorship of Moses. These twin themes in Exodus are closely bound together showing that Israel was not only saved from a life of slavery but were…
Introduction On March 11, 1997, Neil Postman delivered a lecture to an Illinois community college entitled “The Surrender of Culture to Technology,” in which he presented seven questions that should be asked when confronted with new technologies. Public debate at the time centered around the installation of public-school computers with access to the emerging “world…
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…