Text: Mark 1:1-11 How many of you remember your own baptism? Some of you do. Many of you don’t. I don’t remember mine, though I do know that it was on March 17, 1979, St. Patrick’s Day. Chances are, if it hadn’t been on a holiday, I wouldn’t know that off the top of my…
We continue our Class on our Diocesan Catechism with a discussion on adult converts and catechesis, the doctrine of election, and godparents. Week 1 The Catechism
We begin our study on W.H. Griffith-Thomas’ book Methods of Bible Study. Today we covered the introduction and a bit of the first chapter. Next week we will finish Chapter 1. For additional reading, check out my review of the book from 2017 for the North American Anglican.
Today is the 1st Sunday After Epiphany. Most years, because we usually celebrate the Feast of the Epiphany on the Sunday following the Feast Day proper, we don’t read today’s Gospel and Epistle. After all, like the Old Testament Feast of Tabernacles, Epiphany is an 8-day feast, or an Octave. You may recall that we…
Last night we had our first class on the Confirmation Catechism of the Diocese of the West. We sang a bit, introduced Catechesis, and discussed the significance of the question “What is your Christian name?” Below is the audio, and the catechism itself can be found here.
As many of you know, when I was younger, I spent about 15 years in Messianic Judaism, a Christian movement that emphasized the Jewish roots of the faith. This means that we worshipped on Friday night or Saturday, our liturgy was centered on the annual cycle of reading the Torah, and our calendar was based…
January 8, 2019 Epiphany “The object of a New Year is not that we should have a new year. It is that we should have a new soul.” -G. K. Chesterton I’m currently in Melbourne, Florida attending the Anglican Church in North America College of Bishops meeting from January 7-11. Please keep us in your…
January 1, 2019 Christmastide “Jesus Christ, in His infinite love, has become what we are, in order that He may make us entirely what He is.” St Irenaeus, Bishop of Lyon. The grace of our Lord Jesus Christ be with you. Amen. I am grateful to you for your support and prayers and for your…
[Homily preached at All Saints on 12/30/2018. Text originally published on John Mack’s blog] “[W]e also, when we were children, were enslaved to the elementary principles of the world. But when the fullness of time was come, God sent forth his son, born of a woman, born under the law, to redeem those who were…
Text: John 1:1-17 Christmas is absolutely my favorite time of year. I love the colder weather and the opportunity to dust off my felt hats and long coat. I love the seasonal food. I love the Victorian cultural ethos that often goes with Christmas in the English-Speaking world. I love the last vestiges of our…