“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...
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...
The Voice of the Old Testament Guest Contributor December 24, 2020 Bible, Commentary, The Episcopal Church By Christopher Seitz One of my goals in college was to get the grades necessary to apply to a top law school. I happened to take a course in Old Testament, and the professor asked me to stay on and be a tea... Read More...
The End of the World as We Know It? Guest Contributor December 23, 2020 Bible, Commentary, The Episcopal Church By Matthew Kemp Several years ago, I came across an interesting collection of photos, which were sort of “then and now” pictures from sites of various battles from World War I. Someone had placed pictures of... Read More...
Losses at the Holidays Guest Contributor December 22, 2020 Commentary, Music, The Episcopal Church By Marisa Crofts Some of us have lost family members. Some of us have lost jobs. All of us have lost something at some point this past year, whether that’s a favorite hobby or just time with friends. Goin... Read More...
The Four Last Things Redux Guest Contributor December 16, 2020 Commentary, Ethics, Liturgy, The Episcopal Church By Hannah Bowman The traditional “four last things” of Advent — death, judgment, heaven, and hell — direct Christians’ attention to the world to come. But these Advent themes speak as well to the work alrea... Read More...
The Caroline Divines and COVID-19 Guest Contributor December 9, 2020 Commentary, Ethics, The Episcopal Church By Christopher D. Jones COVID-19 poses unique practical and moral challenges, as it affects the respiratory, circulatory, and neurological systems, and causes harm to vulnerable populations and the general p... Read More...
