“And the Church of England is Protestant too” – William Laud, then Bishop of St. David’s, later Archbishop of Canterbury. Before the mid-19th century…More Laud than Baxter: the Protestantism of 1662
Don’t Tell People to “Come to the Table” Unless They Really Do–Or Should
Today is the Sunday of Christ the King, or the Sunday Before Advent, depending on which liturgical calendar you're using. (So let's dispense with the term "the liturgical calendar" as if there is only one.) It's the last Sunday of the liturgical year, and as was the case with 2019-20 it's been a long one, …
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Anglican Tidbit: Church Divinity School of the Pacific: Liturgy is You
LP-RPRT-101 (1968?) This album occupies a curious place in the "Jesus Music" era in that, in a time when so many albums were self-produced or done on obscure (or not so obscure labels) that disappeared, this one is an official production of the denomination. It was commissioned by the Executive Council of the Episcopal Church …
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Anglican Tidbit: Rejoice! Music for the Worship of God in the Twentieth Century
Mace M(S) 10030 (1966) Seminary groups--or better, groups of seminarians--had a significant impact on the "Old Folk Mass" the Roman Catholics celebrated, both before and after the institution of the Novus Ordo Missae. The best known of these are the Dameans, but the St. Mary's seminarians made their contribution as well. This one comes from …
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Anglican Tidbit: Bulletin for the Twenty-Third Sunday After Trinity
Another Anglican Tidbit, in this case the bulletin from Bethesda-by-the-Sea Episcopal Church for the Twenty-Third Sunday after Trinity, 1968. Some interesting notes: The liturgy is 1928 BCP/1940 Hymnal, for those of you who are looking for help in using this for current liturgical practice.The two main services are Morning Prayer (they also had Evening Prayer …
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Anglican Tidbit: Music of the Liturgy in English According to the Use of the Episcopal Church
Columbia ML-4528 (1952) This fascinating record is really two albums in one. The first, directed by Ray F. Brown, is a "Plainsong" rendition of the 1928 Book of Common Prayer Holy Communion and Evening Prayer. The "Plainsong" is what we would generally call Gregorian Chant (or in the style of Gregorian Chant.) It's well done …
Today’s Goat is Tomorrow’s Goat Too
In this case Jon Meacham: Samford University has uninvited Pulitzer Prize-winning historian Jon Meacham from inauguration ceremonies for the school's new president after student protest...However, in a letter Wednesday, Beck Taylor, who became university president in July, wrote that due to objections, including from "elements of Samford's Student Government Association," the university had decided to …
Reinventing the English Reformation
In twenty years’ time, Anglican enthusiasts will mark the bicentennials of three nineteenth-century libraries: the Wycliffe Society Library, the …Reinventing the English Reformation In spite of all of the issues that the last century and this one dumped on the Anglican/Episcopal world--WO, the social justice issues, the sexual identity and practice issues, you name it--one …
Maybe Our Ministers Are Really a Trade Union After All
In Iceland, this is literally the case: A proposal to ban clergy from charging or accepting fees for funerals, weddings and baptisms has prompted threats of industrial action by the clergy union of the Church of Iceland (Þjóðkirkjan). A little while back I lamented the following: The second is that (with exceptions) our ministers and …
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Some Old/New Advent and Christmas Resources
For many churches, it's time to think about the Advent/Christmas season. Maybe you've already started. Maybe you're dealing with serious questions, like...should I ask N to light the Advent wreath after he/she almost burned the church down last year? Or perhaps...is there a reason why the congregation mouths the sermons I'm preaching, they are after …
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Positive Infinity 