Rehberg: Catechetical HomiliesFundamentals and Foundations: Introducing the Apostles’ Creed Our Father of Infinite Power, Wisdom, and Goodness The Anointed Savior, Son, and Lord Joined in Birth, Life, and Suffering Humbled for UsA Homily on the 2nd Article of the Apostles’ Creed As we look at our “Catechetical Foundations,” we have spent the last two entries…
Continuity and Fragmentation in Anglican Tradition The church that Elizabeth I inherited was in total disarray. Her father was fond of great change when it gave him authority, and very incremental change when it did not seem in his personal interest. His son saw upheaval as necessary for the good of the church as well…
Pursuing Christ through the Prayerbook LifePursuing Christ through the Prayerbook Life A Method Amidst the Madness – Inspiration for Living the Inspired Life Rooted in Rubrics A Time to Weep, A Time to Mourn Lent begins ashless in the classic prayerbooks. The trend for well over a century has been to bring back the ashes, which I do not…
Pursuing Christ through the Prayerbook LifePursuing Christ through the Prayerbook Life A Method Amidst the Madness – Inspiration for Living the Inspired Life Rooted in Rubrics A Time to Weep, A Time to MournDo the red, read the black. It’s the common refrain of long-time Anglicans who remember a time when the Book of Common Prayer’s rubrics were printed…
Introduction Many Anglicans, seeking to defend their episcopal polity as the one ordained by Christ and the apostles and as most fitting to the church, appeal to the polity’s long provenance within church history. From Ignatius of Antioch in the early second century until the Protestant Reformation, the threefold structure of bishops, presbyters, and deacons…
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…
Pursuing Christ through the Prayerbook LifePursuing Christ through the Prayerbook Life A Method Amidst the Madness – Inspiration for Living the Inspired Life Rooted in Rubrics A Time to Weep, A Time to MournIn order to rebuild and restore what is lost, we must provide a firm and steady foundation upon the rock of Christ in a world gone mad….
An Invitation to the Liberal Arts: The What and Why of Classical Christian Higher Education. By Benjamin P. Myers. Eugene, OR: Cascade Books, 2025. 122 pp. $34 (hardcover), $19 (paper). One of the defining characteristics of the classical Christian school movement up to this point has been its focus on primary and secondary education (i.e.,…
We are no longer at ease here, we who’ve been disturbed by the sprung rhythm of Coinherence – this Child in us, and we in Him. Like so many wise men, we mount the saints’ stair with fickle pace and laggardly gifts in tow, trekking our way up from the House of Bread. But not…
Feasts for the Kingdom: Sermons for the Liturgical Year. By Khaled Anatolios. Grand Rapids: Eerdmans, 2023. 318 pp. $19.99 (paper). In Feasts for the Kingdom, Khaled Anatolios offers the Church a gift that is increasingly rare: sustained, theologically rich, and genuinely liturgical preaching. Across forty-one homilies ordered to the feasts of the church year, Anatolios…