How to Be Perfect Chip Prehn May 21, 2019 Ethics, The Episcopal Church The command to be perfect is only a deeper statement of the startling ethics Jesus presents in the beginning of the chapter in the beatitudes.
A blessing for visitors Benjamin Guyer November 16, 2017 Commentary, Liturgy What does it mean to make the liturgy more inviting? Episcopalians believe in welcoming others, especially in church, but inviting is different from welcoming.
What does it mean to bless? Jonathan Mitchican October 4, 2017 Liturgy Behind all the things we ask for is a deep desire to see the world set right.
Meditations on the Mass: The blessing Guest Contributor April 2, 2017 Liturgy The blessing is an invocation, a hope, a foretaste of what is to come: peace.
The blessing of confession Guest Contributor March 28, 2016 Liturgy Some urge that confession be restricted to Lent in future liturgies. Yet to omit confession would also omit the great blessing we receive through the weekly challenge to confess, forgive, and be forgiven.
Abortion is not a blessing Andrew Petiprin December 28, 2015 Commentary Abortion is not a blessing. Let us in all humility never be afraid to say so. And may the prayers of the Holy Innocents ascend to the throne of grace to strengthen us in God’s saving work
holy hands Emily Hylden December 23, 2015 Commentary I'm currently in a phase of "secular" work (employed at a church, but not empowered to use my "magic hands" — that is, to function as a priest), and have had the opportunity to reflect quite a bit on the boundaries of Christian ministry.
Being human with St. Francis Sam Keyes November 5, 2015 Commentary, Ressourcement Lesser Feasts and Fasts: "Of all the saints, Francis is the most popular and admired, but probably the least imitated; few have attained to his total identification with the poverty and suffering of Christ."
