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 Spiritual Tool for Social Distancing Mother Miriam, CSM May 25, 2020 Commentary, The Episcopal Church By Mother Miriam, CSM In a large group of people, it is easy to get lost, think your own thoughts, find like-minded thinkers or feelers, and generally plow your own furrow or hitch your wagon to someone else... Read More...
God, Sexuality, & Knots: Sarah Coakley’s théologie totale (a personal appropriation) Matt Boulter February 27, 2020 Books, Commentary, Contributors, Ethics, The Episcopal Church Over the course of this extended discussion, did any of us change our mind on any of the issues? Even though we did see how gender politics, trinitarian theology, and our own experience of desire are all connected in a thorny knot, at the end of the day, no, we did not, any of us, change our mind on the issues at hand.
Following Jesus in an Age of Distraction Fr. Clint Wilson December 20, 2019 Catechesis, Commentary, Contributors, The Episcopal Church In an age of near infinite distractions, we must learn — again, and again — to look to him in whom all things hold together.
Reading Contemplatively Timothy O'Malley November 21, 2019 Bible, Commentary, Roman Catholic Church While the decline of contemplative reading is a problem for the professor, it’s a threat to the Christian, especially those of us operating within a sacramental tradition.
Gregory the Great on Compassion and Contemplation Mac Stewart May 3, 2019 Commentary, Ministry, The Episcopal Church What is the relationship between pastoral ministry and the Christian vocation of contemplation?
Spiritual renewal, Scripture, and the Oxford Movement: The vision of God George Westhaver May 10, 2017 Anglican Church of Canada, Bible, Church of England, Commentary Spiritual exegesis is part and parcel of the Oxford Movement's efforts to help the English church recover her capacity to see and to enjoy the kind of vision of God, which is compellingly attractive, which is the beginning and end of Christian life.
Putting the Incarnation back in ‘incarnational’ Jordan Hillebert January 3, 2017 Church in Wales, Commentary The Incarnation is not a principle. It is not just a reminder that God works and speaks through people. It is not primarily a model for ministry.
