The Fifth Sunday in Lent [Passion Sunday] Almighty God, you alone can bring into order the unruly wills and affections of sinners: Grant your people grace to love what you command and desire what you promise; that, among the swift and varied changes of this world, our hearts may surely there be fixed where true joys […]
Fixed in a Swiftly Changing World: A Collect Reflection for The Fifth Sunday in Lent, Passion Sunday
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Anglican, for the Love of God – Emanuel Burke’s Anglican Journey
Early Days The summers of my youth were spent in swimming pools, summer camps, and Southern Baptist “tent revivals.” I often felt pressured by those gatherings. There was always an expectation, though sometimes unspoken, to “make a decision,” or pray at the “altar,” or announce a “calling,” or say “just a few words” about your […]
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Holy Saturday and the Easter Vigil: Gerald R. McDermott’s Collect Reflections
Note from Josh Steele: To give everyone time to prepare for Holy Week, we’ll be releasing the Holy Week Collect Reflections early! Enjoy this gem from my seminary professor, Gerald R. McDermott. Holy Saturday O God, Creator of heaven and earth: Grant that, as the crucified body of your dear Son was laid in the […]
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Good Friday: A Collect Reflection
Note: We’re releasing our Holy Week Collect Reflections a bit early! Enjoy this reflection on the collect for Good Friday, written by Kolby Kerr. Good Friday Almighty God, we pray you graciously to behold this your family, for whom our Lord Jesus Christ was willing to be betrayed, and given into the hands of sinners, and […]
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Maundy Thursday: A Collect Reflection
Note from Josh: We’re releasing our Holy Week Collect Reflections early! Enjoy this Maundy Thursday Collect Reflection, written by Fr. Myles Hixson. Maundy Thursday Almighty Father, whose dear Son, on the night before he suffered, instituted the Sacrament of his Body and Blood: Mercifully grant that we may receive it thankfully in remembrance of Jesus […]
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The Fourth Sunday of Easter (Good Shepherd): A Collect Reflection
The Fourth Sunday of Easter (Good Shepherd) O God, whose Son Jesus Christ is the good shepherd of your people: Grant that when we hear his voice, we may know him who calls us each by name, and follow where he leads; who, with you and the Holy Spirit, lives and reigns, one God, for […]
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Marching from Fundamentalism to the Canterbury Trail (By Zach Jones)
Growing up, words like “Jesus” and “Church” were commonplace. My parents raised me and my siblings in a Christian household, and I cannot remember a time where I did not know about how Jesus died for my sins and rose again. In my Baptist upbringing, the Gospel was shared almost every Sunday. I knew the […]
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The Long Way Home: Dwelling in the Anglican Way (By Fr. Justin Clemente)
For me, my “Anglican story” is intimately tied up in the desire to be anchored both in the tradition it represents and the calling to plant more churches firmly anchored in that same tradition. A few years back, my wife and I were Confirmed in the Anglican Church in North America. This is interesting, because […]
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A Gift of God (By Rev. Dr. Emily McGowin)
“OK, let’s sing that verse again,” the worship leader said. “And this time sing it with everything you’ve got!” I was sitting in the back row of the church cradling a sleeping baby. I was lonely and exhausted—deeply disconnected from the upbeat music coming from the stage. A voice inside my head whispered back to […]
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The Sunday after the Ascension: A Collect Reflection
The Sunday after the Ascension O God, the King of glory, you have exalted your only Son Jesus Christ with great triumph to your kingdom in heaven: Do not leave us comfortless, but send us your Holy Spirit to strengthen us, and exalt us to that place where our Savior Christ has gone before; who […]
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Pentecost: A Collect Reflection
Pentecost Almighty God, on this day you opened the way of eternal life to every race and nation by the promised gift of your Holy Spirit: Shed abroad this gift throughout the world by the preaching of the Gospel, that it may reach to the ends of the earth; through Jesus Christ our Lord; who lives […]
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Week of the Sunday from May 29 to June 4: A Collect Reflection
Week of the Sunday from May 29 to June 4 O God, the protector of all those who trust in you, without whom nothing is strong, nothing is holy: Increase and multiply upon us your mercy, that, with you as our ruler and guide, we may so pass through things temporal that we lose not […]
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Week of the Sunday from June 12 to June 18: A Collect Reflection
Week of the Sunday from June 12 to June 18 O Lord, from whom all good proceeds: Grant us the inspiration of your Holy Spirit, that we may always think those things that are good, and by your merciful guidance may accomplish them; through Jesus Christ our Lord, who lives and reigns with you and […]
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Aids to Worship: How Christian Imagery and Icons Can Help You Worship God
Christian Imagery Our Creator gave us physical senses to experience the world around us. In His mercy and wisdom, He inspired His people to create various aids to worship that engage those senses. One category of such an aid is that of Christian imagery – images and artwork specifically intended to help in the act […]
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Week of the Sunday from June 26 to July 2: A Collect Reflection
The Sixth Sunday after Pentecost O God, your never-failing providence sets in order all things both in heaven and on earth: Put away from us all hurtful things, and give us those things that are profitable for us; through Jesus Christ our Lord, who lives and reigns with you and the Holy Spirit, one God, […]
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Week of the Sunday from July 3 to July 9: A Collect Reflection
Week of the Sunday from July 3 to July 9 Grant us, O Lord, we pray, the spirit to think and do always those things that are right, that we, who can do no good thing apart from you, may by you be enabled to live according to your will; through Jesus Christ our Lord, […]
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The Fourth Sunday of Easter (Good Shepherd): A Collect Reflection
The Fourth Sunday of Easter (Good Shepherd) O God, whose Son Jesus Christ is the good shepherd of your people: Grant that when we hear his voice, we may know him who calls us each by name, and follow where he leads; who, with you and the Holy Spirit, lives and reigns, one God, for [...]
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Week of the Sunday from July 24 to July 30: A Collect Reflection
Week of the Sunday from July 24 to July 30 Almighty and everlasting God, you are always more ready to hear than we to pray, and to give more than we either desire or deserve: Pour down upon us the abundance of your mercy, forgiving us those things of which our conscience is afraid, and [...]
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