Category: Anglican
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How Existing Parishes Join the Reformed Episcopal Church
A Practical Guide for Anglicans Exploring the REC Over the last decade I’ve noticed a quiet but steady trend: pastors and parishes across the country…
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Parish Governance in the Reformed Episcopal Church
One of the great strengths of historic Anglicanism — and especially the Reformed Episcopal Church (REC) — is that our common life is not built…
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Anglican Worship Explained: Resources on the Daily Office and Holy Communion
One of the great strengths of the Anglican tradition is its commitment to ordered, biblical, and formative worship. For those seeking a deeper understanding of…
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Is the Episcopacy a “Divine Right”? (Bishops)
In the Anglican tradition, we often speak about the Church in terms of denominations, yet I find myself increasingly skeptical of “denominationalism.” Although I belong…
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Visitor Guides for Choral Matins and Holy Communion [1928 BCP]
Our Lay Reader Dan de Villiers has prepared two Visitor Guides to help newcomers—and longtime members—enter more deeply into our Anglican liturgy. Dan has produced:…
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A Rule for the Holy Fast of Advent
After the Ancient and Godly Usage of the Church of England This “little fast,” once treasured in the English Church, is our way of waiting…
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Reflections on the “Called & Consecrated” Discernment Conference (Fresno, CA – Nov 2025)
Yesterday, I drove down to Fresno to attend the Called & Consecrated, a discernment conference hosted by the Anglican Diocese of San Joaquin. The speakers…
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The Mystery of Love, Mary, and the Sacrament of Marriage: Anglican Reflections on Schmemann
This week in our parish catechesis we explored one of the richest sections of Alexander Schmemann’s For the Life of the World and his meditation…
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[Sermon] Christ Crucified, the Thief on the Cross, and Opening Paradise
Sermon from 23 November 2025. Preached at Saint Paul’s Anglican Church, Los Altos, CA Luke 23:39–43 (ESV) 39 One of the criminals who were hanged…
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Why Anglicans Can’t Agree: Evangelical, Anglo-Catholic, Liberal, Holiness — Who’s Right?
For more than a century, the Lambeth Quadrilateral (1888) has been treated as the closest thing Anglicans have to a universal definition of our identity.…
