Confronted by the Word Jonathan Turtle December 4, 2020 Anglican Church of Canada, Bible, Commentary, Lay Voices on Preaching By Jonathan Turtle It is undoubtedly the case that exposure to the Bible — hearing it, reading it, praying it, meditating upon it — is central to the Christian life. Anglicans, of all people, heirs to the Th... Read More...
A Lesson from Winnie-the-Pooh Sarah Puryear November 5, 2020 Bible, Catechesis, Commentary, The Episcopal Church How to Engage Children with Scripture By Sarah Puryear At six years old, my son is squarely in a Winnie-the-Pooh phase, which makes my husband and me very glad since we love those stories ourselves. Introd... Read More...
Life before Birth According to Scripture Jean Meade October 12, 2020 Bible, Commentary, Ethics, The Episcopal Church By Jean McCurdy Meade While Christians adopt different stances on how to best address the morality of abortion, we should all bear in mind what the Bible implies about God’s role in conceiving human life by studying again the stories of our Lord and his pre... Read More...
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.
