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Let us not mock God with metaphor
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
Posted in Anglican, Church Year: Easter, Theology
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Is it sexist to call God Father?
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
Worship’s Effect-iveness
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
The Christian Main Event
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
The "Spiritual Grace" of the Eucharist
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
Posted in Eucharist, Theology
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