The Christmas Story in Stone – The Nativity Façade of The Sagrada Familia Zac Koons December 27, 2020 Art, Commentary, Reviews & Culture, The Episcopal Church By Zac Koons Antoni Gaudi’s dream was to create a Bible out of stone, a dream that became — actually, is still becoming — the Basilica de la Sagrada Familia, the most ambitious piece of Christian architectu... Read More...
The Advent Gospel of the Chicago Cubs Zac Koons December 2, 2020 Commentary, The Episcopal Church By Zac Koons Allow me to refresh your memory: It’s 2016, game seven of the World Series, bottom of the tenth inning. There are two outs, the Chicago Cubs are up by one run, and Michael Martinez of the Clevel... Read More...
Five Suggestions for Reopening Your Church Zac Koons June 2, 2020 Commentary, Liturgy, Ministry, The Episcopal Church By Zac Koons It is a fascinating time to be planning worship. We have no pandemic playbook. We have been forced instead into improv mode, each of us walking backward into an uncertain future, trying to keep... Read More...
The Pass the Peace Project Zac Koons April 1, 2020 Commentary, Ministry, The Episcopal Church We need peace now more than ever, and we shouldn’t let our inability to gather in person keep us from passing it back and forth.
Approaching the End Zac Koons February 9, 2020 Bible, Commentary, Good Book Club, The Episcopal Church This week’s readings for the Good Book Club’s journey through John’s Gospel move us ever-closer to the Gospel’s climax, and the end of Jesus’s earthly life and ministry.
God, Sex, and the Restless Hearts of Fleabag Zac Koons December 3, 2019 Contributors, Reviews & Culture, The Episcopal Church, TV Fleabag paints a nuanced portrait of the soul’s condition in the secular age.
A Blind Man’s Pentecost Zac Koons June 10, 2019 Books, Commentary, Ecclesiology, The Episcopal Church How do we see God in a world where we no longer see Jesus?
What Your Vows Meant Zac Koons November 26, 2018 Liturgy, Ministry, The Episcopal Church This is a defense of the marriage vows: these words have enduring theological power. They are not merely romantic. They provide a thick and specifically Christian account of marriage