“Children, Keep Yourselves from Idols” Guest Contributor January 14, 2021 Books, Commentary, Reviews & Culture, The Episcopal Church Idolatry By Stephen E. Fowl Baylor University Press 2019. Pp. 180 $34.95. Review by Anthony Petrotta Professor Fowl's argument is clear and concise: idolatry is alive and well, just as it was in the day... Read More...
Being Distracted by the Right Things Sam Keyes November 27, 2020 Commentary, Liturgy, Music, Roman Catholic Church By Sam Keyes Three times now in an introductory course on sacraments and liturgy, I’ve asked students to reflect on a playlist of Church music that I assembled for them. To do such a thing at all challenges ... Read More...
This All Saints’ Day, Return to In-Person Worship Guest Contributor October 28, 2020 Commentary, Ecclesiology, Liturgy, Ministry, The Episcopal Church By Charles Bennison At St. Luke’s, Atlanta, three decades ago, the 11 a.m. Sunday Eucharist had a largely-suburban television audience of 25,000, with 700 actually gathered at the church. Many of these in-person worshipers had seen the congregation on telev... Read More...
The Trials of Returning to Worship Guest Contributor October 2, 2020 Commentary, Liturgy, The Episcopal Church By Shirley O’Shea It had been more than five months since I had entered a sanctuary when I returned to church. Before the coronavirus pandemic necessitated the suspension of worship services, I would drive 2... Read More...
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?" "Because it’s mine." "Where did you get it?" "From ... 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... 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.
