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...
Universally Accessible and Innately Personal: The Significance of Relationship in St. Benedict’s Humility Guest Contributor July 11, 2020 Commentary, Ressourcement, The Episcopal Church By Elizabeth Elin In a world fraught with desperation and insecurity, humility appears to be an antiquated virtue, frequently discarded due to its destructive effect on self-esteem. Today, it seems that humi... Read More...
Spiritual Communion and Eucharistic Ecclesiology Guest Contributor June 15, 2020 Commentary, Ecclesiology, Ministry, Ressourcement Pastors and theologians are searching for options for sacramental celebration while under social distancing regulations. Some proposals, such as “virtual Communion,” further perpetuate the individualistic tendencies that pervade American Christianity by obscuring the ecclesial contours of the sacrament.
What an Early Anglican Can Teach Us about Sickness Today Guest Contributor April 16, 2020 Commentary, Ressourcement, The Episcopal Church By Angela Heetderks It’s tempting, in times of scientific uncertainty, to think we have nothing to learn from Christians in the distant past. We would not wish to consult Christians from earlier eras on ques... Read More...
(Don’t) Take and Eat: The Eucharist and Spiritual Reception Guest Contributor April 2, 2020 Commentary, Ministry, Ressourcement By Junius Johnson It is a strange moment in the life of the Church: to show love to our neighbors we refrain from what is most vital in our outreach to them, namely, meeting together to celebrate word and sa... Read More...
Ancient Christian Writers or Fathers of the Church? Parsing The Peculiar Patrology of Fr. John Behr Guest Contributor January 29, 2020 ACNA, Commentary, Ressourcement The process of writing theology might be compared to the making of a fine distilled spirit...
Inhabiting a Strange New World Jordan Hillebert January 8, 2020 Bible, Church in Wales, Contributors, Ministry, Ressourcement How might we make use of spiritual exegesis and the “fourfold sense” in our proclamation of the Bible’s strange new world?
Interpreting a Strange New World Jordan Hillebert December 18, 2019 Bible, Church in Wales, Commentary, Contributors, Ministry, Ressourcement Rather than acting as a signpost to the strange new world of Scripture, the sermon all-too-often obstructs our view of the Bible’s terrain. We have lost sight of the strange; our pews remain fixed in the familiar.
