Jeremy Taylor’s Eucharistic Rite Revisited, Part 1 Nathan Jennings September 21, 2020 Commentary, Liturgy, Ressourcement, The Episcopal Church 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, shapes and language use. At a time wh... Read More...
A Window into Conservative Thought Nathan Jennings April 23, 2019 Books, The Episcopal Church Roger Scruton provides a voice of gentle, thoughtful, intellectually rigorous traditional conservatism.
The impulse to revise: The habit of American prayer books Nathan Jennings April 28, 2017 Liturgy, The Episcopal Church Is prayer book revision a rational response to a current encounter? Or could this perhaps represent a more habitual response?
A concise prayer book Nathan Jennings February 28, 2017 Liturgy, Necessary or Expedient?, The Episcopal Church Many want to be reconnected to a tradition from which they feel distanced. They want ancient, connected, continuous, simple, transformative liturgy.
Appointed to be read: The Authorized Version, my go-to Bible Nathan Jennings January 13, 2017 Bible, Commentary, The Episcopal Church I have recently found myself reading the Authorized Version (a.k.a. the King James Version) for my devotions.
Zombies, pop culture, and the wage slave Nathan Jennings March 31, 2016 Commentary Perhaps the zombie may be a myth at home in the post-Christendom of late modern society.
Tolkien study Nathan Jennings February 8, 2016 Commentary I know a lot of Christians really prioritize Bible study. I love reading the Bible, too. But every January I do Tolkien study. Or, to be more exact, Silmarillion study. It wasn’t until I was a graduate stude... Read More...
Game and ritual Nathan Jennings September 11, 2015 Books, Commentary, Liturgy I have been reading an excellent book by George Skaff Elias, Richard Garfield, and K. Robert Gutschera called The Characteristics of Games. Although they avoid giving any final definition, they offer various ro... Read More...
