Three Popes Bishop Graham Kings December 8, 2020 Church of England, Commentary, Poetry By Graham Kings Introduction The phrase “Electoral College” has been much discussed recently around the election of the new President of the United States of America. An older “Electoral College,” the Pap... Read More...
Convivial Christianity: A Response to Critics and Concerned Friends Mark Clavier November 3, 2020 Church in Wales, Commentary By Mark Clavier Several of my recent posts both on Covenant and elsewhere have caused some concern about my political well-being. Some have wondered whether I’ve strayed into Marxism, while others have cauti... Read More...
Poems by Maurice Baring Chip Prehn August 10, 2020 Commentary, Poetry, Reviews & Culture, The Episcopal Church By Chip Prehn The first time I read anything by Maurice Baring (1874-1945), I knew deep down that I had “met” a writer unlike any I had experienced before. I had bumped up against an artistic mind and talent that surprised, attracted, and fascinated me. I a... Read More...
Caregivers Guest Contributor June 22, 2020 Commentary, Poetry, The Episcopal Church By Patrick Twomey We see the placards in front of hospitals and clinics: HEROES WORK HERE! The doctors, nurses, and all medical professionals on the frontline of treating COVID-19 patients deserve our pra... Read More...
The Blessed Virgin: The Air we Breathe Mac Stewart May 19, 2020 Commentary, Poetry, The Episcopal Church By Mac Stewart I recently came across a rather marvelous gem from the 19th-century Jesuit poet, Gerard Manley Hopkins. It is a poem entitled “The Blessed Virgin compared to the Air we Breathe.” While Marian ... Read More...
Christ the Lily of Humanity Mark Clavier April 24, 2020 Church in Wales, Commentary, Poetry By Mark Clavier There’s an old tradition of finding Easter in nature. This can be seen especially in Christian poetry, perhaps most famously in Venantius Honorius Fortunatus’ 6th-century Easter hymn, “Hail Thee, Festival Day”: Lo, the fair beauty of the ea... Read More...
Esther Bishop Graham Kings February 14, 2020 Art, Church of England, Contributors, Poetry Who is this woman, framed by arches?
Women in the Bible Retreat Bishop Graham Kings January 13, 2020 Art, Church of England, Contributors, Poetry Our meeting with God will be in four modes and three moods over four days.
