Celebrating the Book of Common Prayer since 1986
In Revelation we are told of the life of heaven, And they shall see his face (Rev. 22.4) and St. Paul says that while here we see but dimly, our end is that full and intimate knowledge of Jesus, Now we see in a glass darkly; but then face to face…
Read moreThis image of steward is meant to remind us that we are caretakers, not owners, of all that God has entrusted to us. That includes our lives, our allotted time, our bodies and minds, our health and strength, our talents and abilities, as well as our money, education, and opportunities.
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This week, we find the same theme from last Sunday—our calling to obedience, and the spiritual fruit our faithfulness ought to bear—now spelled out in the practical example of Israel in the desert: “they did all eat the same spiritual food, and did all drink the same spiritual drink…
Read moreOur journey of conversion, which is the growth and deepening of our Christian faith, gradually makes its way towards the goal of heaven; and that spiritual journey is the earthly meaning of our calling to be God’s people, to be here and now the citizens of His kingdom.
Read moreThe story of our salvation is told best in terms of our adoption and forgiveness. St. Paul speaks in both Galatians and Romans of the mission of the Son and the Spirit, in exactly these terms…
Read moreThe lections for last Sunday, the eighth Sunday after Trinity, direct us toward the new character of life that comes from our conversion to Christ, and the way of faith which that conversion entails…
Read moreToday the church commemorates the life and witness of St. James, Zebedee’s son, and brother to St. John. There is a good deal of confusion surrounding the figures who share the name James from the New Testament…
Read moreWe all serve and obey someone. Our claim to have no master only means that we are serving some hidden master, our lower selves, our selfish interests and the like…
Read moreHis voice had a terrible authority—not, said the people, like the teaching of the Pharisees—and a terrible beauty, unlike any sound or voice they had known, a sound that gathered them…
Read moreThis is the gospel of Jesus Christ: God is kind to the ungrateful and to the wicked. This is the Good News: God is good to the evil and gracious to the ungracious…
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