As most of you know, I am the liturgical officer for our diocese, something that Bishop Orji bestowed upon me relatively early into my time as rector of this parish. He knew that All Saints is very intentional about having a beautiful approach to liturgy. He knew that this is an area of our religious…
Text: Luke 19:41-47 As we’ve often discussed, the Church Year can be broken down into two generally equal halves. The first half of the Church year, Advent through Whitsunday or Pentecost, walks us through the events of Our Lord’s earthly life as we go from looking forward to his birth through his Ascension and the…
Text: Romans 8:12-17 Just over three years ago, in July of 2020 the Anglican world lost one of the giants of the faith when The Rev. Canon James Innell Packer died about a week before his 94th birthday. The author of many books including the classic Knowing God, J.I. Packer was one of the best-known…
We conclude our 6-week series, “Walking in the Light of the Lord: An Anglican Rule of Life” Previous Classes: Week 1: Introducing a Rule of Life Week 2: The Offices (Part 1) Week 3: The Offices (Part 2) Week 4: Holy Communion (Part 1) Week 5: Holy Communion (Part 2: Church Year)
We discuss the benefits and results of Communion, “Spiritual Communion” and the Church Year Previous Classes: Week 1: Introducing a Rule of Life Week 2: The Offices (Part 1) Week 3: The Offices (Part 2) Week 4: Holy Communion (Part 1)
We discuss the theology and structure of Holy Communion, as well as the concept of sacrifice in the BCP text. Links to the resources mentioned: JI Packer’s “Gospel in the Prayer Book”: https://www.ivpress.com/Media/Default/Content-Articles/Packer-Gospel-in-the-Prayer-Book.pdf “A Compainion to Ante-Communion” from IVP: https://www.ivpress.com/Media/Default/Content-Articles/Companion-to-Ante-Communion.pdf Previous Classes: Week 1: Introducing a Rule of Life Week 2: The Offices (Part 1) Week 3:…
We continue our series on an Anglican rule of life with a second week on the Offices, this time focusing on the theology behind the offices and the use of Scripture. Previous Classes: Week 1: Introducing a Rule of Life Week 2: The Offices (Part 1) Links to the Documents mentioned: J.I. Packer’s “Gospel…