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Orientation, Disorientation, Reorientation – A Maundy Thursday Sermon

This sermon was written and preached for Church of the Apostles, Kansas City where I serve as Theologian in Residence. You can watch the whole Maundy Thursday liturgy, including the sermon, here. Everything is different.  There is no other way to describe our present reality: overarching, overwhelming, overactive change. We have had to change the … Continue reading Orientation, Disorientation, Reorientation – A Maundy Thursday Sermon

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Anglican Spiritual Formation: Worship

All that exists is God’s gift to man, and it all exists to make God known to man, to make man’s life communion with God. It is divine love made food, made life for man. God blesses everything He creates, and, in biblical language, this means that He makes all creation the sign and means of His presence and wisdom, love and revelation. (For the Life of the World) Continue reading Anglican Spiritual Formation: Worship

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On Confirming Youth

Discipling teenagers is not an easy task. I studied youth ministry at a Christian college, served in youth ministry a non-denominational church for six years, and now I am a student ministry director at an Anglican parish. I write as a practitioner seeking clarity and conviction for my own students, more like Deogratias than Augustine! Yet I find that the Anglican tradition offers a uniquely helpful perspective and practice for forming youth. Continue reading On Confirming Youth

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Ressourcement and Renewal

This is a guest post from Dr. Eugene Schlesinger, lecturer at Santa Clara University, a Rev. John P. Raynor, SJ Fellow at Marquette University from 2015-2016, author, Missa Est! A Missional Liturgical Ecclesiology with Fortress Press. It was originally posted on my former blog, The Liturgical Theologian. Dr. Schlesinger is also contributed a fantastic essay on Fr. … Continue reading Ressourcement and Renewal

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Why Do We Kneel in Prayer?

Perhaps most obvious is the verse from Psalm 95 when the psalmist urges the assembly, “O come, let us worship and bow down, let us kneel before the Lord, our Maker!” (Psalm 95:6). There is an inherent connection between kneeling and worshipping: that which we do with our bodies is as expressive as our words, if not more so. Continue reading Why Do We Kneel in Prayer?

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We Are Not Worthy: A Response to Kelly Pigott

This post was originally published on my former blog, The Liturgical Theologian. You can find and read it here. A troubling (to me) blog post has been going around over the last few weeks regarding the Reformation and the Eucharist. Dr. Kelly Pigott, a blogger on the Patheos Progressive Christian channel, has argued that the … Continue reading We Are Not Worthy: A Response to Kelly Pigott

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The Eucharistic Life

The Eucharistic life is not for the faint of heart. We go back to the Altar weekly to partake of Christ’s self-oblation that we might receive spiritual nourishment and encouragement for the pilgrimage. Continue reading The Eucharistic Life

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The Real Legacy of the English Reformation

This post was originally published on my former blog, “The Liturgical Theologian” and it can be found here. As we approach Reformation Day within the Protestant corners of the one holy catholic and apostolic church there is a tendency to romanticize the true nature of the various reformations to the point that the baby is … Continue reading The Real Legacy of the English Reformation

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Celebrating the Feast of the First Book of Common Prayer, 1549

This was first published on my former blog, “The Liturgical Theologian.” The original can be read here. Almighty and everliving God, whose servant Thomas Cranmer, with others, restored the language of the people in the prayers of your Church: Make us always thankful for this heritage; and help us so to pray in the Spirit … Continue reading Celebrating the Feast of the First Book of Common Prayer, 1549

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The Eucharist and the Communion of the Saints

It is through the words and actions of our heartfelt praise and gratitude that we are connected to believers across all generations in a real and tangible sense. We have the hope that when the kingdom is fulfilled we will sit around the table in that heavenly country with brothers and sisters whom we have never met. Continue reading The Eucharist and the Communion of the Saints