Enriching Our Worship: A reading of its Trinitarian theology A conversation about Prayer Book revision is now on the table in the Episcopal Church. Enriching Our Worship shows the likely trajectory of such revision and must be examined.
Churches need incense Incense may not be a hill worth dying on, but it is at least a hill worth strategizing for. It is a shot to the gut of comfortable, consumer-friendly religion.
Worship works Week after week, the Church’s worship in Word and sacrament binds us closer to one another, reminds us of who we are, and brings us into the transforming presence of the risen Jesus.
An appeal for Cranmer’s prayers When it comes to telling the story of the gospel in the Episcopal Church, I believe there is no clearer and no better way to tell it than with the traditional prayer book liturgy found in Rite 1
Whoever welcomes one child The greatest crisis in the Episcopal Church has nothing to do with human sexuality or BCP revision or "restructuring." If anything is going to sink our ship, it’s this: children (or lack thereof).
On paying attention “Let us attend!” This imperative in the Divine Liturgy caught my attention recently when I had occasion to worship with our Orthodox brethren.
Game and ritual I have been reading an excellent book by George Skaff Elias, Richard Garfield, and K. Robert Gutschera called The Characteristics of Games. Although they avoid giving any final definition, they offer various ro... Read More...
Our bodies are magic One of the great blessings of Catholic Christianity is that it affirms both the earthiness and the enchantment of the world we live in. There is no shying away from the stark realities of our physicality.
