The Restless Desire to Know Thyself Guest Contributor February 3, 2021 Anglican Church of Canada, Commentary, Ressourcement By Mike Michielin Many today are “perplexed by desire and what it says about who we are as human beings.” Typically, today’s philosophers, psychologists, educators, and the media tell us to look inward and t... Read More...
Common Objects of American Love: Augustine and the Inaugural Address Mark Clavier January 28, 2021 Church in Wales, Commentary, Ressourcement By Mark Clavier I admit that I occasionally can be a theological curmudgeon. I say this not to boast nor even to excuse myself since I’m not quite prepared to repent of it. It stems, I think, from a sensitiv... Read More...
God is Now Chip Prehn December 14, 2020 Commentary, Liturgy, The Episcopal Church By Chip Prehn The season of Advent is full of warnings, but in A.D. 2020 there is a diffuse perfume of apocalypse in the air. The plague appears to be spreading. The economy is uncertain. Many sectors have gone flat. Others are skyrocketing. What’s goi... Read More...
On Being Other-Worldly Joey Royal December 7, 2020 Anglican Church of Canada, Commentary By Joey Royal In 430, as the elderly Augustine lay dying, Vandals were sieging his North African city of Hippo. He spent those final days alone, in prayer, surrounded by the words of penitential psalms writt... Read More...
The Second Commandment: Imagination and Contemplation Mac Stewart August 26, 2020 Bible, Catechesis, Commentary, Ten Commandments, The Episcopal Church Part of a series on the Ten Commandments. By Mac Stewart One of my favorite TV shows as a little kid was Reading Rainbow. In a book, the theme song said, you can go twice as high; you can be a king and l... Read More...
A Deadly Kind of Calling Jordan Hillebert August 13, 2020 Church in Wales, Commentary, Ministry By Jordan Hillebert Augustine wept at his ordination. He had arrived in the ancient seaport of Hippo, in part, to avoid becoming a priest. The Catholic Church in North Africa was at that time a relatively small pond, and Augustine (354–430 AD) was a size... Read More...
Augustinian Thoughts on the Bible and Humility Joey Royal July 29, 2020 Bible, Commentary, The Episcopal Church By Joey Royal Augustine of Hippo, teacher of rhetoric, admirer of Cicero, initially found the Bible crude and unsophisticated. He found both the form and the content of the Bible to be a stumbling block, and... Read More...
Enmity Bishop John Bauerschmidt July 6, 2020 Commentary, Ethics, The Episcopal Church By John Bauerschmidt Enmity is defined as “deep-seated unfriendliness accompanied by readiness to quarrel or fight; hostility; antagonism” (Funk & Wagnall’s Standard College Dictionary). As a state of be... Read More...
