A good map for the journey We have a catechetical crisis in the Episcopal Church. It must surely color any conversation about prayer book revision.
‘Let the liturgy be’ 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 main inspiration for the 1979 prayer book was more ancient than modern.
Fresh and familiar 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? 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 ..."
