A good map for the journey Guest Contributor January 23, 2017 Liturgy, Necessary or Expedient?, The Episcopal Church We have a catechetical crisis in the Episcopal Church. It must surely color any conversation about prayer book revision.
‘Let the liturgy be’ The Living Church December 9, 2016 Liturgy, Necessary or Expedient?, The Episcopal Church We spend inordinate time trying to make our liturgy “work”: too much time on prayer book revision and supplementation, too much time on trying to make the weekly service relevant and meaningful.
Prayer books, ancient and modern The Living Church November 22, 2016 Liturgy, Necessary or Expedient?, The Episcopal Church The main inspiration for the 1979 prayer book was more ancient than modern.
Fresh and familiar The Living Church November 8, 2016 Liturgy, Necessary or Expedient?, The Episcopal Church The 1979 Book of Common Prayer embodies the liturgical and sacramental thinking of the mid-1970s. To say that things have changed — in the world and in the church — might well be the understatement of the year.
Are we done with the ’79 prayer book? Mark Michael November 27, 2015 Liturgy, Necessary or Expedient? In 1997, Neil Alexander said that "it is not a perfect book and could stand some general improvement in some fairly critical places. But I believe ..."
