Book of Common Prayer (1979)

The Christian hope is resurrection, a hope that should shape our mission and witness. Do our funerals, though, convey this pastorally-rich and biblically-grounded hope?

EDITORIAL This is the final part of my three-part essay on these matters. Part I discussed the resolutions proposed by the Task Force on Communion...

As increasing numbers of parishes are left without the services of a priest, decisions about how to celebrate the liturgy on Sundays loom ahead....

Many parishes in the Episcopal Church lack the full-time services of a presbyter, a situation likely to continue for the foreseeable future. What should...

Weil played a major role in the 1979 revision of the Book of Common Prayer.

Recent Title IV proceedings against the Bishop of Albany, the Rt. Rev. William Love, expose a number of ambiguities in the Constitution and Canons...

An effort to guide discussions on a topic that has endured for centuries.

Lots of Episcopalians, lay and ordained, seem to think they know what confirmation is, but our canons and liturgical forms are, at best, ambiguous, and there’s nothing approaching broad agreement about how to interpret them.

I think that we have given the idea of lowering expectations about Christian identity and catechesis at the point of entry a thorough exploration over the past fifty years or so. The 1979 Prayer Book calls us to a different standard, to live more fully into the church’s vocation as a baptizing community.

A thoughtful discussion, intended to equip the church to talk openly and with theological rigor about our common prayer.