A Scriptural Liturgy Bishop John Bauerschmidt February 8, 2021 Commentary, Liturgy, Ministry, The Episcopal Church By John Bauerschmidt In his book, The Love of Learning and the Desire for God, Jean Leclercq offers this reflection on liturgical worship: All the delicacy of liturgical poetry comes from the free and harmo... 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...
William Bartram’s Travels Bishop John Bauerschmidt October 23, 2020 Books, Commentary, Reviews & Culture, The Episcopal Church By John Bauerschmidt I first came to know of William Bartram in fictional form, as a minor character who appears at the beginning of Kenneth Robert’s novel Lydia Bailey. Bartram has what amounts to a cameo r... Read More...
Pandemic: 14th-Century Style Bishop John Bauerschmidt August 11, 2020 Commentary, Ecclesiology, The Episcopal Church By John Bauerschmidt As the church continues to respond to the coronavirus and the disruption that has resulted, the historical memory of an earlier pandemic lurks in the back of the mind, ready to be brough... Read More...
Enmity Bishop John Bauerschmidt July 6, 2020 Commentary, Ethics, The Episcopal Church By John Bauerschmidt Enmity is defined as “deep-seated unfriendliness accompanied by readiness to quarrel or fight; hostility; antagonism” (Funk & Wagnall’s Standard College Dictionary). As a state of be... Read More...
The Coronavirus and the Book of Common Prayer Bishop John Bauerschmidt March 17, 2020 Commentary, Liturgy, Ministry, The Episcopal Church We have resources for both public and private prayer in the midst of this crisis. Our Lord taught us to pray, in the time of trial, for deliverance from evil.
Sympathetic Imagination Bishop John Bauerschmidt March 3, 2020 Books, Commentary, Contributors, The Episcopal Church The process of entering into another age and another culture is not a strictly scientific one but requires imagination, the ability to call to mind people distant from us in time and place.
Baptismal Catechesis Bishop John Bauerschmidt December 10, 2019 Commentary, Liturgy, The Episcopal Church I think that we have given the idea of lowering expectations about Christian identity and catechesis at the point of entry a thorough exploration over the past fifty years or so. The 1979 Prayer Book calls us to a different standard, to live more fully into the church’s vocation as a baptizing community.
