Category: Religion & Spirituality
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Historic Episcopacy and the Catholic Deposit of Faith
In the next section of his book (pp. 20–28), Cirlot turns to those who stop short of denying Apostolic Succession outright, yet contend that because…
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St. Michael’s Lent for Anglicans
St. Michael’s Lent is devotional Fast from the Feast of St. Mary the Virgin to Michaelmas In the early thirteenth century, St. Francis of Assisi…
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Through Old Eyes
Growing Up with Glasses and an Eye Injury I visited the optometrist this week for the first time in a few years. Just a routine…
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My Big Fat English Church
Many of the traditions, texts, and theological foundations we associate with Protestantism—from the King James Bible to hymnody and classical education—can be traced back to…
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What Readers Are Saying About Reformed Monasticism
A few years back I published Reformed Monasticism: The Influence of English Asceticism on Prayer Book Spirituality on Amazon and I’ve been encouraged by the…
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Key Differences Between Anglican and Episcopal Churches in America
What’s the difference between the Episcopal Church and the Anglican Church? One of the most frequent questions I get as an Anglican priest in California…
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Intro to Anglo-Catholicism: Key Dates from the Oxford Movement and the English Catholic Revival
The Oxford Movement, also called the Catholic Revival, was a major 19th-century effort to recover the ancient catholic heritage of the Church of England. It…
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St. Benedict & Creating Your Own Personal “Rule”
Who was St. Benedict? St. Benedict of Nursia (c. 480–547) was a Christian monk who founded the Benedictine monastic tradition and wrote The Rule of…
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How Flannery O’Connor Became My Favorite Author
First Encounter with Flannery O’Connor I first encountered Flannery O’Connor in high school when Wise Blood was assigned reading for my AP English class at…
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Praying with the St. Thomas Christians
On Sunday evening, I had the joy of preaching at an evening prayer service alongside our brothers and sisters from the Church of South India,…
