Books I Read in January 2021
In January 2021, I finished 10 books. Here’s what I’ve been reading:
Greenlights
by Matthew McConaughey
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The Benedict Option: A Strategy for Christians...
How Benedictine Spirituality Came to Celtic Christianity and the English Church
The formalization of religious monasticism into the fabric of Christian identity coincided with the collapse of the Roman Empire. Historians mark the year 476...
Prayerbook Asceticism
The Anglican Book of Common Prayer reintroduces a monastic identity to the Church in England in two significant ways.
First, it’s nearly the same...
The Optimistic Ebb and Flow of Moorman’s History
Dr. John R. H. Moorman’s book A History of the Church in England (A&C Black: 1953) outlines nearly two millennia of the Church’s history...
Jesus Heals a Deaf Man (St. Mark 7:31)
Lower Chapel at Canterbury Christian School for January 19, 2021.
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Monks and Monasticism in the Anglican Tradition
The bones of the monastic hours can certainly be found in Cranmer’s daily offices, but what influence did monasticism have on the development of...
Why I started a STEM Club at our Classical School
I lead various classes and after school clubs at Canterbury – our parish’s classical school. I teach the Bible in Chapel, instruct P.E., and...
Epiphany Blessing 2021- Chalking the Door
Following sung matins at Saint Paul’s – students and teachers join us in front of the Church for the blessing of the doors for...
Perks of Church Planting with Alcoholics Anonymous
Yesterday, I celebrated Holy Communion for a congregation in California’s Central Coast. They are recently without a minister and are in the process of...
How I Learned to Read in Public School
Our English alphabet system is composed of 26 letters that produce 44 sounds (phonemes), making the structural basis of our very complicated English vocabulary...
