An interesting observation by Tim Keller: The second influence impoverishing the modern practice of forgiveness is a rising shame and honour culture that some have called a new secular religion. According to Bradley Campbell and Jason Manning, the therapeutic culture has converted us into a collection of “self-actualizers,” whose primary concern is to get respect …
The Episcopal Church My Mother Raised Me In Shorted The Scriptures
With Mother's Day coming up, it's always nice to write something about your own. My relationship with mine was complicated. But this post isn't as much about her as about the book she cherished: the 1928 Book of Common Prayer. Her relationship with the Episcopal Church was complicated too, as this vignette attests, but she …
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The Episcopal Church Lumbers Toward a Rational Approach About the Property
At least in one case: After a lengthy process of prayerful discernment, respectful conversation, and engagement with the Presiding Bishop's Office and the Standing Committee, the leadership of the Diocese of Washington, working together with the leadership of Christ Church Accokeek, has decided to sell the property of Christ Church Accokeek to a new corporate …
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David Bentley Hart’s Lonely, Last Stand for Christian Universalism
Clip source: David Bentley Hart’s Lonely, Last Stand for Christian Universalism David Bentley Hart’s Lonely, Last Stand for Christian Universalism A Review of ‘That All Shall Be Saved’ October 2, 2019 | Michael McClymond For those not already acquainted with him, David Bentley Hart of the University of Notre Dame is widely regarded as one…David …
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Jon Bruno Goes to Meet God
An eventful Episcopal life ends: The Rt. Rev. J. Jon Bruno, former bishop of the Diocese of Los Angeles, died suddenly of natural causes at his home in La Quinta, California, on April 23. Although anyone who was involved in the Episcopal property wars is well aware of his "take no prisoners" approach to this …
The Problem of the New Right
In the world of conservative thought, the intellectual energy lies with the New Right. The New Right can be found in the society of Washington wonks, Silicon Valley dissidents, New York writers, and all manner of GOP politicos.[1] Many served in the Trump administration at one level or another; all are interested in taking the popular…The …
The Nature of Sin
From the Dominican Walter Farrell, as quoted in Donald Connolly's Renewing Your Faith: The catechism defines sin as a thought, word, deed or omission against the law of God." But the word "omission" is a little unfortunate. It has the air of the accidental about it, like forgetting to take medicine or absent-mindedly going out …
Venite, American Version
A very nice, a capella, solo rendition of the Venite, done in Anglican Chant (1940 Hymnal #609) is here: https://youtu.be/rN_miw_EBoQ I discuss the difference between the "American" and "English" version here. The 1928 Book of Common Prayer (where the Venite can be found on p. 9) is here.
Two Funerals and an Amazing Grace
After attending yet another funeral in the morning yesterday, I came home and hunched over my kitchen counter, absorbed in leftover scalloped potatoes, to be transported by the soaring music, the elegant hats, and the heartbreaking social distancing of a very different kind of burial, that of Prince Philip, Duke of Edinburgh. A handful of…Two …
Those Dangerous Latin Masses
You'd think that there is a better use of time, but... What’s happened to the next generation, you ask? Well, to Fr. Reese’s sorrow, they’re off attending the Traditional Latin Mass, just as if Vatican II never happened. Or if not all of them, enough to cause Fr. Reese to beg the Vatican: do something! …
Positive Infinity 