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Nathan Jennings

The Rev. Dr. Nathan Jennings is the J. Milton Richardson Professor of Liturgics and Anglican Studies and Director of Community Worship at Seminary of the Southwest, Austin, TX.

A Liturgical Theology of Preaching—Preaching the Scriptures

The Scriptures were canonized, in part, to determine what would be read aloud in the worshipping assembly to gather us as Christ’s body.

A Liturgical Theology of Preaching—Preaching the Good News

We preach against any notion that there we can improve ourselves. We preach against “self-help.” We preach the only truth: God help.

A Liturgical Theology of Preaching—When is the Sermon?

The Sermon is essential to the Eucharist. And its place within worship highlights how the Holy Eucharist enacts the End of the World.

A Liturgical Theology of Preaching—What Is a Sermon?

What is a sermon? This first essay in a series argues that it is a ritual act connecting a suffering congregation to the God of Scripture.

Theology as Teaching and Contemplation

When I worked on my doctorate at the University of Virginia around the turn of the century, I was blessed to train under some...

Advent: Gearing Up For All Twelve Days

A former Roman Catholic student preparing to become an Episcopal priest recently asked me why we retain the Twelve Days of Christmas as Anglicans, but...

The Way of Love: Pray

Part of a series on The Way of Love. By Nathan Jennings Bishop Curry’s Way of Love provides the church with “practices for a Jesus-centered life.” Many...

Jeremy Taylor’s Eucharistic Rite Revisited, Part 3

A Eucharistic Prayer By Nathan Jennings and Richelle Thompson In this series, we offer prayers edited from the corpus of Jeremy Taylor as examples of alternative...

Jeremy Taylor’s Eucharistic Rite Revisited, Part 2

Material for the Holy Communion By Nathan Jennings and Richelle Thompson In this series, we offer prayers edited from the corpus of Jeremy Taylor as examples...

Jeremy Taylor’s Eucharistic Rite Revisited, Part 1

Material for the Service of the Word By Nathan Jennings and Richelle Thompson The phrase “experimental liturgy” often evoke a sense of leaving behind traditional texts,...