A Homely Place for Worship I visited the National Shrine of Our Lady of Czestochowa with a friend, where I encountered two distinct churches on the premises. The new church, where we attended the Polish mass, bore the influence of Vatican II and felt somewhat hollow and sterile. The old chapel, nestled within a quaint…
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…
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…
Isaiah 11:6 I learned a new phrase yesterday. That new phrase was, “Our canine child.” The speaker then went on to say, “We rescued him when he was wild— But don’t you think he rescued us?” I nodded, smiled like I agreed, Yet deep inside was curious About where all of this will lead. I…
“My cup runneth over.”—Psalm 23:5 Gracious God, for this glorious day poured From your upsidedown goblet the size of the scarlet-rimmed skies, We raise our praise as a longstemmed glass that glints With intimations of Your higher world’s glow, Trying to catch the overflow that hints At things not known by sight—yet partly known From…
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…
Robinson: 18th-Century Anglican WorshipEighteenth-Century Anglican Worship: The Liturgy Eighteenth-Century Anglican Worship: Music Eighteenth-Century Anglican Worship: Music in the Parish Church Eighteenth-Century Anglican Worship: Ceremonial Eighteenth-Century Anglican Worship: ArchitecturePart 5. Architecture Until the mid-nineteenth century, most of England’s churches were mediaeval structures swiftly adapted to reformed worship in 1559-1562, with the introduction of the 1559 Prayer…
Being God’s Image: Why Creation Still Matters. By Carmen Joy Imes. Downers Grove, IL: InterVarsity Press, 2023. 248 pp. $22.99 (paper). Carmen Joy Imes’s Being God’s Image: Why Creation Still Matters is a timely exploration of the doctrine of the imago Dei. It reflects significant trends in contemporary evangelical theology, three of which stand out…
I was heartened to see the Rev. Canon Phil Ashey’s series of articles which respond to and build upon Warren Cole Smith’s assessment of the existential challenges affecting the Anglican Church in North America (ACNA). I was particularly interested in his second installment: Turning the Church into the Winds: Church Discipline, Canon Law, and Women’s…
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…