Category Archives: Theology

Why Sundays?

Posted on January 18, 2012 by

Conversations with several folks over the past few days have centered on the issue of Christian worship on Sundays. Does it matter what day of the week we hold our services? Why do so many Christians insist on Sunday morning … Continue reading →

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Naming God – ABC Religion & Ethics – Opinion

Posted on September 27, 2010 by

Saw this from Stanley Hauerwas and liked it a lot. Click on the link to read the article.  “God is whoever raised Jesus from the dead, having before raised Israel from Egypt.” This is the hallmark sentence of Robert Jenson’s … Continue reading →

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Let us not mock God with metaphor

Posted on April 10, 2009 by

This was sent to me by my sister-in-law (and fellow Anglican and English teacher) Jessica Edgerton.  Wonderful, wonderful Easter poem, especially in light of the reductionist nonsense we sometimes hear from our well-meaning – but errant –  brothers and sisters … Continue reading →

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Is it sexist to call God Father?

Posted on November 23, 2007 by

This was the earnest question of a young woman to me not long ago, and it reflects a concern of many outside of the Church and a growing number within it who are repulsed by the idea that the Christian … Continue reading →

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Worship’s Effect-iveness

Posted on November 6, 2007 by

The ultimate goal of worship is to glorify God; any other motives render worship an exercise in self-aggrandizement unworthy of offering to the Lord. But worship offered to the Lord will have an effect on the worshiper, and this effect … Continue reading →

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The Christian Main Event

Posted on October 10, 2007 by

For much of Christianity it has always been clear what the “main event” is. Within a vast array of worship practices and preferences, of ways of doing the church thing, of competing theologies and cultural expressions all historically-mined Christians, those … Continue reading →

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The "Spiritual Grace" of the Eucharist

Posted on October 2, 2007 by

According to the Book of Common Prayer (BCP), sacraments are “outward and visible signs of an inward and spiritual grace” as well as, and this is often the sticky point, “a means whereby we receive the same”. This definition, when … Continue reading →

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