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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...

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...

“Open Table,” Excommunication, and the Mission of the Church

By Matthew Kemp As we approach the next (belated) General Convention, there is once again a proposal, Resolution C028, to rescind the requirement that one be baptized in order to receive Holy Communion in the Episcopal Church. On the one hand, this would e... Read More...

Abiding in Jesus

Bryan Owen In my first post for Covenant back in 2015, I noted how much I hated attending church as a child and how that changed over time due to immersion in the eucharistic liturgy. It’s a fairly common ex... Read More...

Thinking Outside the Box: A Pre-Christendom Intervention in the Communion Without Baptism Debate

By Daniel Martins According to the materials that have been made available to bishops and deputies who will be in Baltimore this summer for the 80th General Convention of the Episcopal Church, there is yet a... Read More...

The hope and joy of peace

Branding Jesus

A New Grace for Meals

On Shared Humanity and Diverse Religion: Notes from Egypt

A guide to the Covenant

Branding Jesus

A New Grace for Meals

On Shared Humanity and Diverse Religion: Notes from Egypt

Anglican Myopia

The Body of Christ in the Tomb of Christ

‘Where the Wild Things Are’

Are we done with the '79 prayer book?

A New Grace for Meals

The Body of Christ in the Tomb of Christ

Jesus, Baptism, and the Reversal of Death in Mark 4:1–5:43

Lent Is Preparation for the Great Vigil of Easter

Sunday Liturgy Without A Priest: Part Two (Morning Prayer and Antecommunion)

Sunday Liturgy Without A Priest: Part One (Communion by Extension)

Ascension song

Branding Jesus

On Shared Humanity and Diverse Religion: Notes from Egypt

Meditation on an Image

Think Again, Sunshine: Conquest and Jordan Peterson

Ash and Johnny Cash

To Care and Not To Care

The Body of Christ in the Tomb of Christ

Lent Is Preparation for the Great Vigil of Easter

Sunday Liturgy Without A Priest: Part Two (Morning Prayer and Antecommunion)

Sunday Liturgy Without A Priest: Part One (Communion by Extension)

Living as Salt & Light

“Open Table,” Excommunication, and the Mission of the Church

Abiding in Jesus

Thinking Outside the Box: A Pre-Christendom Intervention in the Communion Without Baptism Debate

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