Celebrating the Book of Common Prayer since 1986
Something Understood: Doctrine in Devotion David Curry Prayer, in George’s Herbert’s rich and comprehensive phrase, is “something understood”. It concludes his poem on prayer, Prayer (I). But more than a concluding statement, it is really the ordering principle of theRead more
Some Observations on the Daily Offices A Paper Delivered at Okenagan University, August 8, 1995 The Rt. Rev’d Anthony Burton My talk this afternoon is essentially a plea that Anglicans should have serious second look at the classical offices ofRead more
The Solemn Declaration: The Net of Memory by David Curry Memory: Our Sense of Who We Are One of our Nova Scotian writers, Ernest Buckler, has wonderfully observed that “the net of memory has a mesh all its own. EventsRead more
New Testament Christianity is Reflected Courageously in the Book of Common Prayer by Michael Green I am delighted to have been asked here tonight. Most of you who know me well may be surprised to find me in this selectRead more
The Prayer Book in an Age of Nintendo by Anthony H. Bassett “O Lord, you have made us for yourself,and our hearts are restless till they rest in you.”~ Augustine’s Confessions 1.1 The Problem: Nintendo Psychology Recently I met aRead more
The Prayer Book as a Guide to Practical Christian Living by John Matheson “Let this mind be in you, which was also in Christ Jesus: Who, being in the form of God, thought it not robbery to he equal withRead more
The Book of Common Prayer:The Book for a Resurrection People by Gordon Neish “What so ever ye shall ask in prayer, believing, ye shall receive.” St. Matthew 21:22 “As the soul animates the body, so prayer sustains the life ofRead more
“Understanded of the People”: Is Our Language of Worship Obsolete? William G. Cooke ‘Is our language of worship obsolete?’. To borrow a retort from the former Dean of Divinity at Trinity College, Toronto, [1] the short answer is no, butRead more
Doctrinal Instrument of Salvation: The Use of Scripture in the Prayer Book Lectionary David Curry Introduction The study of the lectionary marks only the beginning of a consideration of the Church’s use of scripture. Lectionaries are ordered programmes for theRead more