Seeds of Thanksgiving By Jonathan Turtle A decade ago now as a seminarian finding his way back into the Anglicanism of his childhood I, along with my wife, landed in a small parish around the corner from where we lived in Toronto... Read More...
One Case for Proof of Vaccination for Churches By Cole Hartin Hospitals are filling up with people who can barely breathe. Nurses are breaking down in tears. Our chief medical officer warns that hospitals are teetering into over-capacity. The fourth wave... Read More...
Six Lessons for a New Pandemic Rector By Clint Wilson I arrived in my parish five weeks before the pandemic hit Louisville, Ky. Is this what it felt like to start as a firefighter five weeks before 9/11? I am now 20 months into my tenure, and I ... Read More...
The Eucharist and Revulsion By Jeff Boldt The pandemic changed all our Sunday habits. If you don't have four little kids, streaming a service could be a viable option. If, like me, you do have four kids, you gave up on that after they... Read More...
The Beheading of John the Baptist and the (Post-)Traumatic Church By Elizabeth Anderson The new trial use commemorations approved by the Episcopal Church’s 2018 General Convention include several feasts that are both ancient and widespread, despite their previous absence f... Read More...
Prayer in Time of Plague By Drew Nathaniel Keane The degree of physical adversity and suffering that was commonplace for our ancestors defies our imagination. We live on the other side of advances in technology and medicine that wou... Read More...
Flashback Friday: On the Invitatory A hallmark of the Anglican liturgical tradition is its recovery of the daily office as a regular feature of the church's liturgical life, not just the province of clergy and religious. Of course it's more co... Read More...
Sacrament of Maturity By Sam Keyes Of all the sacraments, confirmation is the most widely misunderstood. Among Protestants, it often functions, at worst, as a mere coming-of-age ritual. At best, it gets described as something hav... Read More...
