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 […]
Marching from Fundamentalism to the Canterbury Trail (By Zach Jones)
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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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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 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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