Living as Salt & Light
By Bryan Owen
I had the good fortune of growing up next door to my grandmother. Her name was Lily Pearle. Does it get any more Southern than that?
Grandmama’s house was a refuge whenever I needed a getawa... Read More...
Common Prayer in America’s Religious Free-Market
By David Ney
Contrary to popular opinion, America was not founded by Puritans. It was founded by many religious groups, including Anglicans. Indeed, the Church of England was the first denomination to plant ... Read More...
A Proposal for the 81st General Convention
Prayer Book Revision and General Convention, Part 4
By Matthew S. C. Olver
This is the final essay in my four-part series on the place of the Book of Common Prayer in the Episcopal Church, the establishment of the prayer book in our Constitution and Canons... Read More...
An Explanation and an Exploration of 2022-A059
Prayer Book Revision and General Convention, Part Three
By Matthew S. C. Olver
General Convention Resolution 2018-A068 directed the Task Force on Liturgical and Prayer Book Revision (the absurdly abbreviat... Read More...
A Summary of the Authorization of Liturgical Texts
Prayer Book Revision and General Convention, Part 2
By Matthew S. C. Olver
This is the second essay in my series on Resolution 2022-A059, the first reading of a complete revision to Article X of the Constit... Read More...
The Book of Common Prayer in TEC’s Constitution
Prayer Book Revision and General Convention, Part 1:
By Matthew S. C. Olver
In July of 2022, the 80th General Convention passed Resolution 2022-A059, the first reading of a complete revision to Article X of the Constitution, the section that establishes th... Read More...
Love, Prayer, and Her Majesty the Queen
By Jonathan Turtle
Like so many people I was deeply saddened by the recent death of the Queen but it didn’t quite hit me until I was in the pulpit on the morning of Sunday, September 11 and I reached the par... Read More...
The Prayer Book as a Constitutional Document
By Drew Nathaniel Keane
Debate over Resolution A059 (Amend Article X of the Constitution of The Episcopal Church) has brought attention to a fundamental question for Episcopalians, namely, what is the Book o... Read More...