Words, Music, and the Word—A Night at the Ballet David Ney September 10, 2020 Anglican Church of Canada, Art, Commentary, Reviews & Culture By David Ney Some time ago, when people were able to do such things, I went to the ballet with my wife, my four kids, and a couple of friends. The architecture of the theatre was stunning, and, having just ... Read More...
Augustinian Thoughts on the Bible and Humility Joey Royal July 29, 2020 Bible, Commentary, The Episcopal Church By Joey Royal Augustine of Hippo, teacher of rhetoric, admirer of Cicero, initially found the Bible crude and unsophisticated. He found both the form and the content of the Bible to be a stumbling block, and... Read More...
Bible Believing Episcopalians Fr. Clint Wilson July 28, 2020 Bible, Commentary, The Episcopal Church By Clint Wilson Last year I was talking with a colleague who told me about an interaction she had with a young child in Sunday School as they discussed the story of the Annunciation. She mentioned to the children how the Angel of the Lord appeared to Mary a... 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...
A Light Infused into the Heart Mark Michael February 26, 2020 Art, Bible, Editorial, Exegesis, The Episcopal Church Francis and Augustine would tell us first that less is more, and that God’s transforming oracles lie closer to hand than we might first expect.
Reading Scripture Well (Part 2) The Rev. Dr. Ephraim Radner January 15, 2020 Bible, Commentary, Contributors, Ministry, The Episcopal Church In the broadest sense, figural reading is a long-term visa and a rail-pass rolled up into one, that opens up pathways across the extraordinary terrain of the Bible, in a way that includes all reality.
Reading Scripture Well (Part 1) The Rev. Dr. Ephraim Radner January 14, 2020 Bible, Commentary, Contributors, The Episcopal Church Reading Scripture as if it were primarily “about God” certainly yields an array of important insights.
Interpreting a Strange New World Jordan Hillebert December 18, 2019 Bible, Church in Wales, Commentary, Contributors, Ministry, Ressourcement Rather than acting as a signpost to the strange new world of Scripture, the sermon all-too-often obstructs our view of the Bible’s terrain. We have lost sight of the strange; our pews remain fixed in the familiar.
