Celebrating the Book of Common Prayer since 1986
A sermon preached by the Revd. Dr. Ephraim Radner, Professor of Historical Theology at Wycliffe College, Toronto, in which he expounds upon the many profound ways in which the Prayer Book is spiritually challenging, nurturing and formative.
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By Joel Reinhardt. This essay won the second 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.
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The Revd. Gordon Maitland, PBSC National Chairman, wrote this article for the PBSC Newsletter in 2012, describing two moving services of BCP Evensong that he had attended within the space of one week, in widely differing time zones and settings.
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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.
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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.
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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 moreIn 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 moreDesmond 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 moreFormer 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 moreDesmond Scotchmer, a past National Chairman of the PBSC, meditates upon the cycle of Advent collects and lections in the Book of Common Prayer.
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