No Singing Charlie Clauss July 17, 2020 Commentary, Liturgy, Ministry, The Episcopal Church By Charlie Clauss As many of us emerge from shelter-at-home orders, churches have begun planning for in-person congregational worship. This is welcome news! The gathering of God’s people for worship is a gre... Read More...
Why Go Back to Church? Guest Contributor June 5, 2020 Commentary, Ecclesiology, The Episcopal Church By Francis H. Wade It is unlikely that Carl Sandberg intended in 1936 to describe the plight of the church in 2020 but his poem “Get Off This Estate” does just that. "Get off this estate." "What for?" "Be... Read More...
Five Suggestions for Reopening Your Church Zac Koons June 2, 2020 Commentary, Liturgy, Ministry, The Episcopal Church By Zac Koons It is a fascinating time to be planning worship. We have no pandemic playbook. We have been forced instead into improv mode, each of us walking backward into an uncertain future, trying to keep in sight the rubrics of our prayer book and our g... Read More...
Bodies in Worship David Ney November 15, 2019 Anglican Church of Canada, Commentary, Contributors, Ecclesiology You can shop from home. You can work from home. And you can even worship from home.
The Spiritual Significance of Church Bulletins Guest Contributor April 3, 2019 ACNA, Anglican Church of Canada, Liturgy The typical Sunday bulletin is not an aid to worship, but provides myriad distractions.
Epiphany Seen through Monastic Eyes Mother Miriam, CSM February 1, 2018 Commentary The central theme for Epiphanytide is the manifestation of Christ to the world, which leads to the obvious exhortation that every Christian is called to repent and believe in the gospel.
What is to become of the Confession? Guest Contributor January 8, 2018 Commentary, Liturgy It’s one thing to say, “I have done something selfish or mean, or prideful.” It is another to say, “I am selfish, I am proud, I am greedy, I am mean, I am jealous, I am prejudiced, I am power-hungry.”
Atheists at prayer for Christmas Neil Dhingra December 28, 2017 Commentary, Roman Catholic Church Spencer Case: “Dear God, I have come to the conclusion you probably don’t exist, but I’ve also come to the conclusion that any one view I hold may turn out to be mistaken, however unlikely the odds seem.”
