Reflections on Praying from Home Jonathan Turtle August 12, 2020 Anglican Church of Canada, Commentary, Liturgy, Ministry By Jonathan Turtle It’s Sunday morning and I am on holiday. My family (wife plus four children aged 9, 7, 4, and 2) and I have just finished saying Mass in the oratory I have erected in the modestly sized st... Read More...
Graveside Thoughts Fr. Bryan Owen August 7, 2020 Commentary, Liturgy, Ministry, The Episcopal Church By Bryan Owen Every now and then the church gets a call for a priest to conduct a graveside service. It could be for someone who has little to no church affiliation. Or it could be for someone who was a chur... Read More...
The Transfiguration: Let’s Have It Twice Calvin Lane August 6, 2020 Bible, Commentary, Liturgy, Ministry, The Episcopal Church By Calvin Lane The Transfiguration — when Jesus takes his inner core of disciples up a mountain and is suddenly bathed in brilliant light and flanked by Moses and Elijah — is important enough, with enough la... Read More...
On the Death of a Beloved Animal Jean Meade July 23, 2020 Commentary, Liturgy, The Episcopal Church By Jean McCurdy Meade When we were children, and as we raised our children, we often observed burials in our back yards when a dear pet died. A nephew once asked his Presbyterian Elder mother (my sister) if ... Read More...
No Singing Charlie Clauss July 17, 2020 Commentary, Liturgy, Ministry, The Episcopal Church By Charlie Clauss As many of us emerge from shelter-at-home orders, churches have begun planning for in-person congregational worship. This is welcome news! The gathering of God’s people for worship is a gre... 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...
Learning Again to Sing in a Foreign Land: The BCP and Domestic Prayer Guest Contributor May 8, 2020 Commentary, Ecclesiology, Liturgy, Ministry, The Episcopal Church By Philip Turner and Ephraim Radner “How could we sing the Lord’s song in a foreign land?” (Ps. 137:4) In the midst of the ongoing COVID-19 lockdowns, many Christians feel exiled from their own churches, as i... Read More...
The Questions that Remain The Rev. Dr. Ephraim Radner May 6, 2020 Commentary, Ecclesiology, Liturgy, Ministry, The Episcopal Church By Ephraim Radner I’m glad some folks took time to read my little piece, raising the question of whether live-streaming worship is a good. It doesn’t bother me at all that many would object to things I said ... Read More...
