A reminder to friends and members of All Saints: The Church offices are closed this week. There will be no Men’s Bible Study, Wednesday Bible Study, Wednesday Night Compline/Evensong, or Friday Morning Matins. Thanks!
By the Rev. Canon Isaac J. Rehberg Canon for Liturgy, CANA West Eve of Lent 1, 2018 Submitted to the Clergy of the Diocese Introduction For almost a decade, orthodox Anglicans in North America have been looking forward to a new Prayer Book that corrects the theological problems from the revisions in the late 20th…
This Wednesday we begin the 40 days of Lent, in which we metaphorically go through the desert with Our Lord in preparation for Easter. Lent began as a way for new converts to prepare for Baptism at the Easter Vigil with prayer and fasting. These practices eventually spread to the rest of the Church. Last…
Dear members and friends of All Saints, As many of you know, this past weekend we held our 2018 Vestry Retreat, facilitated by Ven. Scott Seeley, the canon archdeacon for church planting and mission for our diocese. In the first half of the day, Fr. Scott presented some basic principles of discipleship and leadership growth…
Editor’s note: This was originally published on our blog on February 12, 2017. It has slightly been edited to reflect our current liturgical customs. – IJR+ This morning we begin Septuagesima, the first of three Sundays in “pre-Lent.” This period from Septuagesima to Shrove Tuesday began as a way for monastic clergy to prepare for…
As some of you know, I am a big fan of hats. I have a straw hat for the summer, several felt hats for the winter, and even a top hat for the most special of occasions. A couple of weeks ago, I received a new hat, just in time for Christmas. But unlike most…
Reclaiming our Musical Heritage Editor’s note: this was originally published at the North American Anglican blog on February 3, 2016. Since I was a child, the psalms have been a part of my devotional life. My mother read us a psalm and chapter of Proverbs every day before school. When I was old enough to…
Update 01/16/2018: the Anglican podcast discussed in the original post is no more, as the primary host converted to Eastern Orthodoxy. My follow-up post for TNAA can be found here. Now that the new website is up, I plan on posting some new blog content regularly. In the meantime, I recently wrote a two-part response…
It’s been a long time coming, but the new website is finally here! We plan on posting new content pretty regularly, so please check back often. I want to especially thank our Jr. Warden, Ron Dodds for putting in so much work into the site, and our Vestryman Over Worship, Steve McCullough for recording the…
Paret, William, The Pastoral Use of the Prayer Book: The Substance of Plain Talks Given to His Students and Younger Clergy. Baltimore: The Maryland Diocesan Library, 1904. 237pp. William Paret is best known as the 137th Bishop of Maryland in the Protestant Episcopal Church of the United States of America. Born in New York…