In the midst of the many things--good and bad--that transpire these days, one thing crept up on me that I wasn't expecting and regret to see--the passing of the website commonprayer.org. It was vanished completely since the first of the year. As a person who was raised on and still uses the 1928 Book of …
My Impressions of “Communion Chapel”
Most of you who have followed this blog know that I was able to do two series at my local church (the North Cleveland Church of God) on liturgical worship and the liturgical calendar. That’s not something that is typical in a Pentecostal church, but it isn’t unique either; I’ve been aware of things going …
The Meaning of “Reformed Catholic”: A Response to Gerald McDermott–The North American Anglican
https://northamanglican.com/the-meaning-of-reformed-catholic-a-response-to-gerald-mcdermott/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=the-meaning-of-reformed-catholic-a-response-to-gerald-mcdermott I find the debate over Anglicanism's position between Protestant and Catholic somewhere between unenlightening and tiresome, because it doesn't really get us to what Anglicanism is supposed to be. Subsequent events have shed some light on the subject but it's ignored by many who should know better. As someone who has been both in …
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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My Thoughts on “The Place of Scripture in the ACNA” from the North American Anglican
https://northamanglican.com/the-place-of-scripture-in-the-acna/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=the-place-of-scripture-in-the-acna I found this piece intriguing, and have several observations. In my interaction with Anglicans and Episcopalians on social media, I find myself the "last man standing" in terms of having a living memory of how it was done in the Episcopal Church (let along having been baptised an Episcopalian) before the church's version of …
