http://thechristiannerd.tech.blog/2024/03/22/gods-answer-to-overthinking If there's one thing that frequently drives me crazy in my teaching engineering students, it's their tendency to overthink problems and get lost in the process. This is good advice.
Lent 2024 Series: I Am the Bread of Life: How Do We Celebrate the Eucharist?
https://youtu.be/VorCZ8UXoTQ The previous video in this series (there are only two) is found at the link Lent 2024 Series: I Am The Bread of Life: What Is the Eucharist? In posting this originally I neglected to included the video; my apologies for any inconvenience. The second in two sessions on this topic. In this video we …
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Lent 2024 Series: I Am The Bread of Life: What Is the Eucharist?
https://youtu.be/Ne4CHt1ITTU?si=Nk6RThObu6p1rCD9 A series for Lent 2024 in two parts: What is the Eucharist? (this video) How Do We Celebrate the Eucharist? (next video) Eucharistic theology and practice have long been a favourite topic of mine, from posts like Bill Clinton's Eucharistic Theology: It Depends on What 'Is' Is to Don’t Tell People to “Come to the …
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The Issues of the Role of the Laity and WO are Really Tied Together
I recently replied to Chris Findley's article with the post The Inconvenient Truth About the Nature of the Priesthood. One of the respondents to this pointed out a statement from the ACNA bishops as follows: As a College of Bishops, we confess that our Province has failed to affirm adequately the ministry of all Christians as …
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A Tale of Two Theocracies (Well, Really Only One)
The movie is out and with it the fearmongering: God & Country, a documentary released over the weekend, explores fears that the growing force of Christian nationalism could replace democracy with theocratic rule in the US. It features footage of religious leaders expressing negative views of DEI and immigration, alongside commentary from prominent anti-Trump Christians concerned about …
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The “Leaky” Church of God Marches On
With all the recent excitement over Calvin Robinson and WO, something has come to my attention: the existence of another Church of God related site that has been using my material. Back in the day (2000-2010) we could speak of an "Anglican Blogosphere" which was instrumental in forming the ACNA. The Church of God was …
The Inconvenient Truth About the Nature of the Priesthood
Chris Findley goes at it again in his opposition to women in the "priesthood": There are few topics in the church today that are bound to stir up more impassioned arguments than that of women and the priesthood. Undoubtedly there are good people on both sides of this debate. Surely, there is a love for …
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Losing Seasons — Northern Plains Anglican
My sermon for the Last Sunday of Epiphany, 2024. Delivered at Church of the Resurrection, Sioux Falls, South Dakota. Lectionary Year B I … Losing Seasons
Calvin Robinson Hasn’t Quite Closed the Loop on Authority and WO
He certainly doesn't like women's ordination (WO) and that's music to many ears in the Anglican world: By now I am sure that most people reading this are aware of the controversy surrounding Fr. Calvin Robinson’s dismissal from the Mere Anglicanism conference after criticizing women’s ordination in his talk. Of course, I agree entirely with what Fr. …
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About Those “Loosey-Goosey” Communion Theologies, Episcopal and Otherwise
Here in the Church of God we're in a explosive situation over one of our ministers criticising another minister/church institution employee over his receiving communion at his wife's Episcopal church. There are many issues surrounding this, but as someone who has been in both churches in my lifetime, there's one thing that I'd like to focus …
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