Trusting God’s Providence
By Elliot Rossiter. This essay won the first prize in a competition organized by the PBSC Ottawa Branch in 2012 to mark the 50th anniversary of the Canadian BCP and the 350th anniversary of the 1662 English BCP.
Read moreThe PBSC – 25 Years On
Writing in 2011, Desmond Scotchmer, a past National Chairman of the PBSC, gives an overview of the concerns that led to the founding of the Society in 1986,the challenges that it faced in its early years, and its key accomplishments.
Read moreIn Memoriam: The Revd. Dr. Robert Crouse
The Rt. Revd. Anthony Burton, formerly Bishop of Saskatchewan and currently rector of the Church of the Incarnation in Dallas, Texas, reminisces about the life and enduring influence of Dr. Crouse.
Read moreThe Spirituality of Advent
In this article, written for the Advent 2009 issue of the PBSC Newsletter, Dr. Crouse points out the ancient origins of the BCP eucharistic lectionary readings for the four Sundays in Advent, and explores the intertwined themes running through them.
Read moreThe Prayer of Humble Access
Desmond Scotchmer, a past National Chairman of the PBSC, offers a meditation upon the Prayer of Humble Access, explaining it as “a prayer of searching, uncompromising spiritual purity and power”.
Read more“The Word of God Is Not Bound”
Former Archbishop of Canterbury the Rt. Revd. Dr. Rowan Williams reflects upon the echoing sequences of words built up in the Prayer Book by Archbishop Thomas Cranmer so as to express again and again “our amazement at God’s free forgiveness”.
Read moreAdvent to Christmas in the BCP Lectionary
Desmond Scotchmer, a past National Chairman of the PBSC, meditates upon the cycle of Advent collects and lections in the Book of Common Prayer.
Read moreThe Portable Prayer Book
In this article the Revd. David Burrows, then rector of St. Olave’s Church in Toronto, offers some humorously individual but striking remarks from his perspective as a police chaplain as to why he appreciates the BCP.
Read moreUnchurching Common Prayer
Unchurching Common Prayer David Curry “He was received up into heaven and sat on the right hand of God” There is the religion of Jesus in the heart, the religion of sentiment and feeling. There is, too, the religion ofRead more
The Eucharistic Heart of the Prayer Book
The Eucharistic Heart of the Prayer Book David Curry The eucharistic lectionary is at the heart of the Common Prayer tradition. The Collects, Epistles and Gospels comprise the largest part of the classical Book(s) of Common Prayer (from 1549 –Read more