I am on research leave this semester. The best thing about research leave is time to read. Recently I reread Augustine’s On Christian Doctrine. I...
By John Bauerschmidt
Cranmer’s 1549 prayer book, and subsequent editions, continued the use of a collect first found in the eighth-century Gelasian sacramentary, one identified...
By Daniel Martins
My parents were not particularly musical. Neither played an instrument, and the only organized singing they ever did was when my mother...
By John Bauerschmidt
Russia’s attack on Ukraine has already borne out the insight that the course of history is marked by surprising events. Surprising, of...
By John Bauerschmidt
Our prayer book liturgies often contain theological and devotional treasures, overlooked even though lying in plain sight. It is the nature of...
Discussing Christopher Nolan’s 2020 Tenet is a lot like discussing the book of Revelation: the “text” is so complicated and apparently convoluted that you...