Parables, Power, and Perseverance Jonathan Turtle January 8, 2021 Anglican Church of Canada, Bible, Commentary, Exegesis, Good Book Club Mark 4:1-6:29 By Jonathan Turtle In chapters four through six of Mark’s Gospel, the reader is introduced to the purpose of Christ’s parables, the nature of Christ’s power, and the perseverance required of C... Read More...
My Pandemic Reading List: Recommendations from a Contemplative Guest Contributor January 7, 2021 Books, Commentary, The Episcopal Church By Marcia Hotchkiss After COVID-19 changed our world last spring, I initially thought not much would change in my life, either. As a contemplative, I believed that I practiced the disciplines of slowing, sti... Read More...
The Holy One Called Home Guest Contributor January 6, 2021 ACNA, Bible, Commentary, Liturgy By Ian Olson The season of Epiphany is another phase of the time between the times, inviting the church to remember the revealing of the carpenter's son as Israel's promised deliverer and anticipate the wide... Read More...
A Christmas without war: Power and hope at the end of Christmastide Esau McCaulley January 5, 2021 ACNA, Commentary, Liturgy By Esau McCaulley This year there was a noticeable lack of emotion related to the supposed “War on Christmas.” We all know that “war” might be a bit dramatic given that the battlefield includes skirmishes ov... Read More...
St. Elizabeth Ann Seton Neil Dhingra January 4, 2021 Commentary, Ecclesiology, Liturgy, Roman Catholic Church By Neil Dhingra Famously, Dorothy Day once said, “Don’t call me a saint. I don’t want to be dismissed that easily.” The writer Robert Ellsberg, who had recorded that line, noted that Day did not want to be r... Read More...
Mary’s Little Lion-Lamb Fr. Clint Wilson January 3, 2021 Commentary, Liturgy, The Episcopal Church By Clint Wilson Mary had a little lamb, His fleece was white as snow, And everywhere that Mary went, The lamb was sure to go. Perhaps you remember these lyrics to the iconic children’s nursery rhyme called... Read More...
The Twelve Days of Christmas: Gregory Nazianzen and Basil the Great Hannah Matis January 2, 2021 Commentary, Liturgy, Ressourcement, The Episcopal Church By Hannah Matis On Christmas Day, Pixar released on Disney+ another of its gorgeous, bittersweet, complicated creations. In the tradition of Inside Out and Coco, this one is called Soul, and concerns one jun... Read More...
The Beginning of the Good News of Jesus Christ Brandt Montgomery January 1, 2021 Bible, Commentary, Good Book Club, The Episcopal Church Mark 1–3 By Brandt L. Montgomery The oldest of the four canonical New Testament Gospels, the Gospel According to Saint Mark stresses the mighty works of Jesus Christ, the Son of God. Thorough, yet quick to ... Read More...
