Comfort Food Eugene Schlesinger January 15, 2021 Bible, Commentary, Good Book Club, The Episcopal Church Mark 6:30–8:26 By Eugene R. Schlesinger With these verses we approach the mid-point at the Gospel of Mark, where Jesus will ask his disciples, and, by extension, us: “Who do you say that I am?” Mark’s Gospe... Read More...
The Holy One Called Home Guest Contributor January 6, 2021 ACNA, Bible, Commentary, Liturgy By Ian Olson The season of Epiphany is another phase of the time between the times, inviting the church to remember the revealing of the carpenter's son as Israel's promised deliverer and anticipate the wide... Read More...
Mary’s Little Lion-Lamb Fr. Clint Wilson January 3, 2021 Commentary, Liturgy, The Episcopal Church By Clint Wilson Mary had a little lamb, His fleece was white as snow, And everywhere that Mary went, The lamb was sure to go. Perhaps you remember these lyrics to the iconic children’s nursery rhyme called “Mary had a little lamb.” This, of course, is the... Read More...
The Blood and the Name Timothy O'Malley January 1, 2021 Commentary, Liturgy, Roman Catholic Church By Timothy P. O’Malley On the eighth day after his birth, before receiving the “name above all names” (Phil. 2:9), Jesus was circumcised. The temptation is to spiritualize this first shedding of blood by ... Read More...
Salvation Himself Wesley Hill December 25, 2020 Commentary, Liturgy, The Episcopal Church By Wesley Hill There’s a wonderful bit in Lancelot Andrewes’ Christmas Day sermon from 1610 where he meditates on the meaning of the angels’ announcement to the shepherds that Christ the Lord, newborn and ly... Read More...
The Voice of the Old Testament Guest Contributor December 24, 2020 Bible, Commentary, The Episcopal Church By Christopher Seitz One of my goals in college was to get the grades necessary to apply to a top law school. I happened to take a course in Old Testament, and the professor asked me to stay on and be a teaching assistant. In my junior year, he was preachi... Read More...
Coming to Terms with Our Cultural Blinders: The Beatitudes as a Case Study Mother Miriam, CSM December 1, 2020 Bible, Commentary, The Episcopal Church By Mother Miriam, CSM Recently, we encountered once more the Beatitudes, which comprise the traditional gospel reading at Mass for All Saints’ Day. On that day, we celebrate the miracle of untold numbers of ... Read More...
“Jesus has gone to work from home” – Don’t You Believe It! Mark Clavier July 7, 2020 Church in Wales, Commentary By Mark Clavier There’s little on social media that really riles me. When I log onto Facebook or Twitter, I go with the expectation that I’ll encounter all sorts of rubbish. Instead of being bothered by anyt... Read More...
