Editor’s note: this was our homily for the Holy Communion service on Ash Wednesday 2019, adapted from the first part of the Homily “Of Good Works and First of Fasting” in the Second Book of Homilies. The two Books of Homilies are the official sermons of the Church of England in the 16th Century, endorsed…

Editor’s note: This is our annual pre-lent post, 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…

Text: Matthew 13:24-30, 36-43. Though I had been raised 50/50 Episcopalian and Roman Catholic, in my teenage years and 20’s we were part of the Messianic Jewish movement, which usually shares basic theological assumptions with general Evangelicalism here in the United States. Since at least the 1970’s most of American Evangelicalism has defaulted to a…

In which we discuss the significance of belief, God’s Fatherhood, Sovereignty, the Sonship of Christ, and some Theophanies. The Catechism Week 1 Week 2 Week 3 Week 4

Text: Luke 2:22-40, Malachi 3:1-5, Exodus 12, Leviticus 12 Even among those who are cradle Anglicans and have used the traditional Book of Common Prayer for their entire lives, there is a service, just past the halfway point in the book, that most of us have never seen “in the wild,” as it were. This…

Week 4 of our study of the Confirmation Catechism for the Anglican Diocese of the West, in which we sing an adaptation of the Te Deum, discuss the Apostles’ Creed, the Holy Trinity, what it means to believe “in God,” and (again) touch on Election. The Catechism Week 1 Week 2 Week 3

Text: John 2:1-11 Today is the third Sunday after Epiphany, and we look at the final event commemorated in the ancient Epiphany celebrations: Jesus’ first miracle at the Wedding of Cana. Last week we talked about one of the most important events in our Christian lives that many of us do not remember: our baptisms….

Week 3 of our study of the Catechism of the Diocese of the West, an adaptation of the traditional catechism from the classical editions of the Book of Common Prayer, in which we discuss the vows made at our baptisms, how we become Christians, and how we grow in the Faith. Unfortunately, we started late,…

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

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