1662 Book of Common Prayer

Bringing Forth Treasure New, Old, and Perplexing

By Mark Michael InterVarsity Press’s new 1662 Book of Common Prayer, International Edition surely made it smoothly through all the copyrighting wrangles, but it’s not the first book I have used that merits t... Read More...

A Neglected Gem: The Sunday First Lessons in the 1662 Book of Common Prayer

Lectionary and liturgical change has largely emptied Anglican services of Old Testament readings.

The Daily Office

The Daily Office is one of the acknowledged treasures of the Anglican tradition, and a central obligation of the clergy.

The Holy Spirit, Anglican identity, and the Reformed Eucharist

There is no reason for Protestants and evangelicals to be afraid of the epiclesis, the calling down of the Spirit upon the Eucharistic elements.

Why pray for the ‘saved’? Christian burial services, the unbaptized, and sinners

A theology of death should be accompanied by a healthy dose of agnosticism, since what happens after death is up to God and not to us.

The early ‘Anglican’ reading of Scripture (2): Cranmer and the prayer book

For early Anglicans, the right handling of the Word of Truth (2 Tim. 2:15) was a matter of life and death. It requires a heart that acknowledged the authority of the Divine Author, and gladly assented to Scripture's plain meaning.

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

The hope and joy of peace

The Church’s Deafening Silence Amid Ethnic Cleaning of Armenians

Tobacco and Twitter: What One Can Teach Us About the Other

The First Commandment as an Axiom of Christian Preaching

A guide to the Covenant

The Church’s Deafening Silence Amid Ethnic Cleaning of Armenians

Tobacco and Twitter: What One Can Teach Us About the Other

The First Commandment as an Axiom of Christian Preaching

Keeping Company with God

Frustration: Good for the Soul?

Coleridge: Rowan Williams on the Bible and Poetry; Taylor Swift and Catharism; the Lives of Virgil and Andrei Rublev

Are we done with the '79 prayer book?

On the Necessity of Transparency in Title IV Proceedings

From the Archives: The Three Sacred Ministers: An Outmoded Concept? (1965)

Remembering Life’s Journey

From the Archives: Worship in an Era of Permanent Change

From Law to Grace: The Gospel in the Holy Eucharist

Jacob’s Ladder for Christians: A Meditation Upon the Seven Sacraments

Ascension song

Tobacco and Twitter: What One Can Teach Us About the Other

The First Commandment as an Axiom of Christian Preaching

Keeping Company with God

Coleridge: Rowan Williams on the Bible and Poetry; Taylor Swift and Catharism; the Lives of Virgil and Andrei Rublev

Trinity, Technocracy, and Grace: Thoughts Occasioned by Christopher Nolan’s Oppenheimer

The Ethical Problem With AI Might Be Different Than You Think

Bringing Forth Treasure New, Old, and Perplexing

A Neglected Gem: The Sunday First Lessons in the 1662 Book of Common Prayer

The Daily Office

The Holy Spirit, Anglican identity, and the Reformed Eucharist

Why pray for the ‘saved’? Christian burial services, the unbaptized, and sinners

The early ‘Anglican’ reading of Scripture (2): Cranmer and the prayer book

An appeal for Cranmer’s prayers

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