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Words of Eternal Life

January 19, 2020

Bible, Contributors, Good Book Club, The Episcopal Church

Just as baptism leads to identification with Jesus’s divine Sonship, making us by adoption what belongs to Jesus by nature, so too in John this baptism-like scene provokes an understanding of our ongoing identification with and consideration of our life in Christ.

Communion is More Than a Spiritual Pep Rally

Charlie Clauss

November 5, 2019

Commentary, Contributors, Ecclesiology, Liturgy, The Episcopal Church

Our liturgy does not allow us to ignore the fact that more is at stake in communion than issues of hospitality and psychological and emotional benefit.

Preparing for Communion

Fr. Bryan Owen

September 27, 2019

Commentary, Liturgy, The Episcopal Church

The work of preparing to receive Holy Eucharist is not meant to scare us off. Nor is it meant to erect barriers. On the contrary, our preparation is meant to instill within us reverence and respect for the incredible gift of the Eucharist.

Communion and Consent

Fr. Clint Wilson

September 26, 2019

Commentary, Liturgy, Ministry, The Episcopal Church

Hospitality does not mean inviting people into the most sacramentally intimate spaces of the Christian life, it means being honest about intentions, healthy boundaries, the shape and form such commitments will take, and yes, eventually, the intimate sharing of one body with another. If consent is important in our debates about sexual boundaries, how is it also not important for sacramental boundaries?

On Dogs and Altar Rails

Guest Contributor

September 5, 2019

Anglican Church of Canada, Books, Commentary, Liturgy

By saying this prayer, those of us who are Gentiles become like the Syrophoenician woman. We admit we are dogs, unworthy as Gentiles and those who chronically forget God’s promises to the Jews to sit at God’s table, and yet we go on to ask for God’s food all the same, trusting that our host is merciful.

Anamnesis in Christ’s Eucharistic Presence

Brandt Montgomery

June 24, 2019

Commentary, Liturgy, The Episcopal Church

Christ’s real presence moves the hearts of all who receive the Eucharist to serve their neighbors in the love Christ has for all.

A Blind Man’s Pentecost

Zac Koons

June 10, 2019

Books, Commentary, Ecclesiology, The Episcopal Church

How do we see God in a world where we no longer see Jesus?

Very Members Incorporate

Bishop John Bauerschmidt

April 11, 2019

Ecclesiology, Liturgy, The Episcopal Church

Cranmer’s traditionalism comes through in his emphasis on the mutual indwelling of the believer and Christ, and the incorporation of believers into Christ.

God’s Temple is Creation

Embracing the Claims and Way of Christ

As the waters cover the Sea: Hooker, Baptism, and the Nature of the Church

Interprovincial Agapé in Guatemala

John Jewel, Confident Visibilist

A Love Note to Anglicanism

Words of Eternal Life

Are we done with the '79 prayer book?

Interprovincial Agapé in Guatemala

Pray for the City

Confirmation of Confirmation

Baptismal Catechesis

Advent, The Four Last Things: Judgment

On Baptism

Godless Worlds: John Gray and Atheism

Two Perspectives on the Founder of Taizé

Ecological Conversion and the Generations to Come

Women in the Bible Retreat

The Auckland Project

Homo Digitalis

The Twelfth Day of Christmas

Veiling crosses in Lent

Embracing the Claims and Way of Christ

As the waters cover the Sea: Hooker, Baptism, and the Nature of the Church

Interprovincial Agapé in Guatemala

Words of Eternal Life

Communion is More Than a Spiritual Pep Rally

Preparing for Communion

Communion and Consent

On Dogs and Altar Rails

Anamnesis in Christ’s Eucharistic Presence

A Blind Man’s Pentecost

Very Members Incorporate

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