Reflections on Praying from Home Jonathan Turtle August 12, 2020 Anglican Church of Canada, Commentary, Liturgy, Ministry By Jonathan Turtle It’s Sunday morning and I am on holiday. My family (wife plus four children aged 9, 7, 4, and 2) and I have just finished saying Mass in the oratory I have erected in the modestly sized st... Read More...
Psalm 37: “Don’t You Worry” Hannah Matis August 5, 2020 Bible, Commentary, The Episcopal Church By Hannah Matis Andrew Bird is not a musician I would expect, in the ordinary way of things, to take up biblical exegesis. A prodigy fiddler, possessed of a stage whistle worthy of the late great Ennio Morr... Read More...
St. Benedict’s Guide to Surviving the Lockdown Guest Contributor June 30, 2020 ACNA, Commentary Four tips for a better life during coronatide By Matt Luby I spent the whole year of 2017 discerning the Catholic priesthood. I lived in communities of formation. I shadowed missionaries. Something was always missing. I started to think that maybe I was l... Read More...
Is there more to the Christian Life than Grace? A Pentecost Reflection Guest Contributor June 1, 2020 Commentary, Ministry, The Episcopal Church By Russ Levenson, Jr. We all know it – one of the key verses that unlocked the Protestant Reformation: “For it is by grace you have been saved, through faith – and this not from yourselves, it is the gift of... Read More...
More than Many Sparrows Guest Contributor May 26, 2020 Bible, Commentary, The Episcopal Church By Elizabeth Head Black Are not two sparrows sold for a penny? Yet not one of them will fall to the ground apart from the will of your Father. And even the very hairs of your head are all numbered. So don’t... Read More...
God’s Amazing Grace Fr. Bryan Owen May 18, 2020 Commentary, The Episcopal Church By Bryan Owen Amazing grace! How sweet the sound, that saved a wretch like me! I once was lost but now am found, was blind but now I see. Even in our increasingly secular age, it might be difficult to find people unfamiliar with those words. They open o... Read More...
The Grace of Being Seen Guest Contributor May 15, 2020 Commentary, The Episcopal Church By Paul Kolbet A lot of us are feeling unhappy right now. There is nothing wrong with that. Being happy during a pandemic may not be a thing. If you are unhappy, it is probably because one of your human need... Read More...
Life Without Mark or Measure Guest Contributor May 11, 2020 Books, Church of England, Commentary By Thomas Plant They were alone in a grey formless world without mark or measure. Only far away north-west was a deeper darkness against the dying light: the Mountains of Mist and the forest at their feet. — T... Read More...