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 …
The Episcopal Snobs and the John Wayne Evangelicals
There's never a dull moment these days, and to shut off the possibility of one occurring we now have the food fight around Kristin Kobes du Mez' Jesus and John Wayne. The most recent volley has been around the illustrious Anglican Anne Carlson Kennedy's review of same, with the usual suspects saying the usual things. …
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Things Going Your Way? A Holy Week Reflection
Many of you know that I used to work for the Church of God Department of Lay Ministries. One of my colleagues, who did most of the graphic design work, was a good friend in addition to being a coworker. Sometimes he'd greet me with the phrase, "Things going your way?" It's an easy way …
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The Problem With Social Justice is That It Always Involves Changing Someone Else
Anne Kennedy makes an interesting observation in her piece "What is Really the Problem?": Second, human people are wicked. All people. ALL have sinned and fallen well and catastrophically short of the glory of God. All of the cries about white supremacy, white evangelicalism, patriarchy, and racism all illumine the very false and foolish idea …
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ACNA: About That Celibacy Thing…
Edgar Noble's piece Yes to Gay Identity, No to Gay Sex? The Concept Shaking the Foundations of the ACNA is a thought-provoking piece on a subject that, to be honest, I didn't think would come up this quickly in the ACNA's life. As I noted in the last post, we have TEC, why do people …
ACNA, TEC and Those Social Justice Prayers
It's worth noting that the following appears in the (relatively) new 2019 ACNA Book of Common Prayer: For those of you who think this has its origins in that dreadful 1979 BCP, this also appears in the 1928 Book of Common Prayer: Other than the modernisation of the language and the expanded doxology at the …
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Vindicated About Justin Welby
They probably admitted this a long time ago, but this admission on Anglicans Unscripted about Justin Welby's unsuitability for his position is gratifying: https://youtu.be/_ql5ciCiaZI?t=645 There are some of us who saw this early on. The problem isn't as much with Welby--although he certainly has his issues--but his church and the fact that he is appointed …
Overcomplicating Anglican Eucharistic Theology — The Bossuet Project
I’ve been reading with interest the Rev. Ben Jeffries’ Is the Eucharistology of the Anglican Reformation Patristic? As those of you who follow this blog and Positive Infinity know, this is of special interest, as it was to the great Bossuet... Overcomplicating Anglican Eucharistic Theology
Against the Liturgical Optimists — North American Anglican
Within American Christianity, and especially within American evangelicalism, we have seen a rise of interest in liturgy. Taking a quick look at InterVarsity Press’s site, one finds recent titles such as The Liturgy of Creation, Liturgy of the Ordinary, and The Liturgy of Politics. At Conciliar Post, Wesley Walker has compiled a list of articles …
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