"Seven whole days, not one in seven, I will praise thee" -- George Herbert (1633)
Stephen Colbert famously coined the word “truthiness” as a way of poking fun at our habit of caring more about our own feelings than attaining the truth. Caring about the truth isn’t optional for those who follow Jesus Christ.
We ordain bishops. It’s time to let die our old habit of referring to the “consecration of bishops.” Our baptismal ecclesiology demands it.
The second of my meditations on collects for an Advent quiet day offered at St. Stephen’s, Providence. The first meditation is here and the third one here. Collect for the Third Sunday of Advent...
This post is part of a Lenten series on the 39 Articles. Article XXXIX: Of a Christian man’s oath As we confess that vain and rash swearing is forbidden Christian men by our Lord...
This post is part of a Lenten series on the 39 Articles. Article XXXVI: Of consecration of bishops and ministers The Book of Consecration of Archbishops and Bishops and ordering of Priests and Deacons,...
This post is part of a Lenten series on the 39 Articles. Article XXXV: Of Homilies The second Book of Homilies, the several titles whereof we have joined under this Article, doth contain a...
This post is part of a Lenten series on the 39 Articles. Article XXXIV: Of the traditions of the Church It is not necessary that traditions and ceremonies be in all places one or...
This post is part of a Lenten series on the 39 Articles. Article XXXIII: Of excommunicated persons, how they are to be avoided That persons which by open denunciation of the Church is rightly...
This post is part of a Lenten series on the 39 Articles. Article XXXII: Of the marriage of priests Bishops, Priests, and Deacons are not commanded by God’s laws either to vow the estate...
This post is part of a Lenten series on the 39 Articles. Article XXXI: Of the one oblation of Christ finished upon the Cross The offering of Christ once made is the perfect redemption,...
This post is part of a Lenten series on the 39 Articles. Article XXIX: Of the wicked, which eat not the Body of Christ in the use of the Lord’s Supper The Wicked, and...
This post is part of a Lenten series on the 39 Articles. Article XXVIII: Of the Lord’s Supper The Supper of the Lord is not only a sign of the love that Christians ought...