Comfort Food Eugene Schlesinger January 15, 2021 Bible, Commentary, Good Book Club, The Episcopal Church Mark 6:30–8:26 By Eugene R. Schlesinger With these verses we approach the mid-point at the Gospel of Mark, where Jesus will ask his disciples, and, by extension, us: “Who do you say that I am?” Mark’s Gospe... Read More...
“Children, Keep Yourselves from Idols” Guest Contributor January 14, 2021 Books, Commentary, Reviews & Culture, The Episcopal Church Idolatry By Stephen E. Fowl Baylor University Press 2019. Pp. 180 $34.95. Review by Anthony Petrotta Professor Fowl's argument is clear and concise: idolatry is alive and well, just as it was in the day... Read More...
The Wilderness Road Bishop John Bauerschmidt January 13, 2021 Commentary, Ministry, The Episcopal Church By John Bauerschmidt Back in the late spring, as the Episcopal Diocese of Tennessee prepared to emerge from our suspension of public in-person worship, I began to reflect anew on the next part of our life as... Read More...
The Seedbed of Christian Biblical Interpretation Fr. Paul Wheatley January 12, 2021 Books, Commentary, Exegesis, Ressourcement, Reviews & Culture, The Episcopal Church The Commentary of Origen on the Gospel of St Matthew. By Ronald E. Heine First edition. 2 vols. Oxford Early Christian Texts. Oxford: Oxford University Press, 2018, pp. ix + 773, $270. Review by Paul D. W... Read More...
The Episcopal Church in 2050 The Rev. Dr. David Goodhew January 11, 2021 Analysis, Church of England, Commentary, The Episcopal Church By David Goodhew Bishop John Shelby Spong wrote a book in 1999 entitled Why Christianity Must Change or Die. The Episcopal Church has, largely, followed Bishop Spong’s lead. It has changed and it is dying. I... Read More...
Parables, Power, and Perseverance Jonathan Turtle January 8, 2021 Anglican Church of Canada, Bible, Commentary, Exegesis, Good Book Club Mark 4:1-6:29 By Jonathan Turtle In chapters four through six of Mark’s Gospel, the reader is introduced to the purpose of Christ’s parables, the nature of Christ’s power, and the perseverance required of C... Read More...
My Pandemic Reading List: Recommendations from a Contemplative Guest Contributor January 7, 2021 Books, Commentary, The Episcopal Church By Marcia Hotchkiss After COVID-19 changed our world last spring, I initially thought not much would change in my life, either. As a contemplative, I believed that I practiced the disciplines of slowing, sti... Read More...
The Holy One Called Home Guest Contributor January 6, 2021 ACNA, Bible, Commentary, Liturgy By Ian Olson The season of Epiphany is another phase of the time between the times, inviting the church to remember the revealing of the carpenter's son as Israel's promised deliverer and anticipate the wide... Read More...
