God’s Story, Our Story, Proper 19 (B) – 2015
On October 1, 1996 a book called The Notebook by Nicholas Sparks made its debut. Almost ten years later, on June 25, 2004, the movie adaptation came out with the story coming […]
Easter Moves Around…, Easter Day (C) – 2007
[…] between March twenty-second and April twenty-fifth. There is, in fact, an entire section of the Book of Common Prayer devoted to finding the date of Easter Sunday in any given year. Read it […]
Lenten Series: Week 5 Sacred Space for Debate
[…] the way, that we may know you in the scriptures, in the breaking of bread, and in the hearts of all whom we meet. Amen. (Saint Augustine’s Prayer Book, Forward Movement)
Bible Study: Epiphany 2 (B) – 2012
[…] Confession of Sin that we pray weekly at the Holy Eucharist. Read that confession ( Book of Common Prayer, p. 360) and reflect upon the following questions. What does it mean to love […]
Bishop Mary Gray-Reeves shares thoughts from 2024 Anglican Primates’ Meeting
The Rt. Rev. Mary Gray-Reeves, vice president of the House of Bishops, attended the 2024 Anglican Primates’ Meeting in Rome April 26 to May 3 on behalf of Presiding Bishop […]
Celebration of our Episcopal Heritage and Mission in Worcester County
[…] restore the ancient order of deaconesses, and he pushed the not-insignificant revisions of the 1892 Book of Common Prayer. He also challenged this congregation to found four more congregations, named after each of […]
Presiding Bishop’s keynote address
[…] We have before us this day life and death. Which will we choose? Book of Common Prayer p 370 E.g., The Sixth Extinction, Elizabeth Kolbert. Holt, 2014. For a brief introduction, cf. Norman […]
The Text from the St. John Gospel…, Epiphany 2 (B) – 2000
[…] recruited his disciples. He did not say, “Here are some commentaries on scripture and some books of theology. I want you to study them and get to know me. Then […]
Green and Growing, Proper 5 (C) – 2016
[…] are actions, through our words, and through our very being. The Practice of Prensence, is a book about Brother Lawrence, a Carmelite monk who lived in the 17th century. People are fascinated, […]
Redefining “hybridization”
[…] by Omicron, for me “hybrid church” has come to mean “twice the work church.” A book that’s helped me is called “The Gene: An Intimate History,” by Siddhartha Mukherjee. Reading […]
Bible Study: Lent 2 (B) – 2012
[…] sake of the gospel, will save it. When reflecting on this lesson, I recall a book I read several years ago concerning a young priest, Father Jim. Father Jim was […]
It Is a Wonder…, Proper 16 (C) – 2010
[…] Sabbath prohibition of work can be found in Exodus 20 and Deuteronomy 5. In her book, Mudhouse Sabbath, Lauren Winner, an Orthodox Jewish convert to Christianity, mentions that: âOver time, […]
Satisfaction, Proper 20 (A) – 2023
[…] That is exactly what our scriptures are about today. We have a passage from the Book of Exodus in which the Israelites are so unhappy and ungrateful that they actually […]
Hatchett, Marion Josiah
[…] Space: An Introduction to Liturgical Study (1976), A Manual for Clergy and Church Musicians (1980), Commentary on the American Prayer Book (1981), and The Making of the First American Book of Common Prayer (1982).
Bible Study: Proper 11 (B) – 2012
[…] it about this psalm that makes us use it time and again at funerals? The Book of Common Prayer offers nine other suggested psalms (pp. 494-495). Certainly tradition plays a role: this is […]
Bible Study: Epiphany 1 (C) – 2022
[…] in creation, an image from Genesis which is echoed in the baptismal liturgy in the Book of Common Prayer. The psalmist says, “The voice of the Lord is upon the waters; the God […]
Bible Study: Proper 25 (B) – 2015
[…] Creation. We enter into this reality every time we approach the altar for Eucharist. The Book of Common Prayer catechism says the Eucharist is “the way by which the sacrifice of Christ is […]
Bible Study: Proper 17 (C) – 2019
[…] this loving hand extended to them. What “devices and desires of our own hearts” ( Book of Common Prayer, p. 41) do you see causing us to overlook or stray from the loving […]
79th General Convention of The Episcopal Church: July 5 sermon by Presiding Bishop Michael Curry
[…] know what day it was, but anyway, baptized as an infant according to the 1928 Book of Common Prayer. Lord have mercy! My swaddlin’ clothes were that Episcopal flag. I love this church, […]
Around One Table: Groundbreaking report showcases Episcopal identity
[…] as a people of the book whose faith is united by and expressed in their Book of Common Prayer. Episcopalians view their Church as both aspiring to hold and successfully expressing a sacramental […]