My Response to Matt Kennedy on the Ethnicity Issue in the ACNA
I had this exchange with Matt Kennedy re the ethnicity issue in the ACNA: The Pew survey I reference can be found here. As a personal aside the denomination I'm currently in has ethnic diversity which more or less reflects the general population, although they're not quite sure how to take best advantage of that.
When Churches and Good Causes Are Hijacked — Stand Firm
When I was a callow student at Duke University, the verdicts from the Greensboro Killings state trial came in November 1980. Five Klansmen were acquitted of murdering four Communist Party members and an additional man during a protest a year earlier. I considered the result unjust and therefore joined a campus protest rally.But the speeches… via …
Continue reading "When Churches and Good Causes Are Hijacked — Stand Firm"
The Relationship Between the Giving of the Law and Pentecost
A neglected topic taken up by Bossuet in his Elevations on the Mysteries: When God wanted to give Moses the law on Mount Sinai, we read four important things. He descended to the sound of thunder and trumpets. The whole mountain seemed on fire, and one could see a flame break out in a cloud …
Continue reading "The Relationship Between the Giving of the Law and Pentecost"
Traditional Morning Prayer: 28 May 2020
The Story of Our Hymns: “Abide with Me” by Henry Francis Lyte — Anglican Compass
This is the first of a series on sacred hymns, the story behind them, their text, a recording, and a simple companion devotional. “Many a man who has labored in obscure places, practically unnoticed and un-praised by his own generation, has achieved a fame after his death that grows in magnitude with the passing years,”… via …
Continue reading "The Story of Our Hymns: “Abide with Me” by Henry Francis Lyte — Anglican Compass"
Modelling, Quantum Mechanics, and Theology
Recently I wrote a post for another of my blogs entitled Do We Need a New Math to Understand Physics? where I discussed yet another article I linked to, Does Time Really Flow? New Clues Come From a Century-Old Approach to Math. It's probably too technical for most readers of this blog, although seeing Tolkien …
Continue reading "Modelling, Quantum Mechanics, and Theology"
Those Scientific Episcopalians (Not!)
The old home church tries to make it look good while mulling over if and when to re-open: The Episcopal Church approaches these decisions with great care and bases changes in our practices on solid, scientific data. I never thought the Episcopal Church was particularly "scientific." In fact, looking in the rear-view mirror one thing …
The Ornaments Rubric Explained — The Porcine
If you’ve ever done a little research into Anglicanism and vestments, you have encountered the Ornaments Rubric. It sits before Morning Prayer in the 1662 Book of Common Prayer and the 1559 BCP. It reads as follows: “The Morning and Evening Prayer shall be used in the accustomed Place of the Church, Chapel, or Chancel;… via …
Continue reading "The Ornaments Rubric Explained — The Porcine"
Maybe We Americans Sometimes Need to Pray for the Queen
I was watching this, a recitation of the traditional Morning Prayer service by Len Finn at St. George's Anglican Church in Burlington, Ontario. https://youtu.be/eTOLfdQ6MDY It's "traditional" because it's from the Canadian 1962 BCP, their "final true Anglican prayer book" before they went off the deep end like their counterparts south of the border. (Technically it's …
Continue reading "Maybe We Americans Sometimes Need to Pray for the Queen"
Positive Infinity 