For Maundy Thursday
By Garwood Anderson
The Maundy Thursday liturgy is probably my favorite of the year. So much happens, from the washing of feet to the Garden of Gethsemane to the celebration in the Upper Room to the Garden o... Read More...
Powerless Christianity
By Eugene R. Schlesinger
I gave my back to those who struck me
and my cheeks to those who pulled out the beard;
I did not hide my face
from insult and spitting.
—Isaiah 50:6
Let the same mind be ... Read More...
A New Grace for Meals
By John Mason Lock
Our family devotions include a practice that we’ve been using for almost a decade. In sharing it here, I do not mean to imply that it should be universal. Among its other qualities, surely one of Anglicanism’s gifts is that matters of pra... Read More...
The Body of Christ in the Tomb of Christ
By Molly Jane Layton
The phone read 4:15 a.m. as my alarm roused me from a light sleep. My worry about not hearing it was unfounded; excitement for the morning’s events kept me from slumbering too deeply. Cl... Read More...
Lent Is Preparation for the Great Vigil of Easter
By Daniel Martins
While the season of Lent is multifaceted, it can never be fully or properly understood apart from its connection to the sacrament of baptism. Its deepest roots are in its role as a final pr... Read More...
Sunday Liturgy Without A Priest: Part Two (Morning Prayer and Antecommunion)
By Drew Nathaniel Keane
As increasing numbers of parishes are left without the services of a priest, decisions about how to celebrate the liturgy on Sundays loom ahead. Part one of this series considered and found wanting the idea of Communion by Extension.... Read More...
Sunday Liturgy Without A Priest: Part One (Communion by Extension)
By Drew Nathaniel Keane
Many parishes in the Episcopal Church lack the full-time services of a presbyter, a situation likely to continue for the foreseeable future. What should these congregations do for Su... Read More...
A Peaceful Night and a Perfect End
By Eugene R. Schlesinger
When I first discovered the Book of Common Prayer as a young evangelical Christian, I quickly determined that Compline was among its greatest treasures. In particular, the final anti... Read More...