Confession of Sin from the Book of Common Prayer
I have been praying the daily office from the Book of Common Prayer (BCP) recently. I LOVE fixed-hour prayers like this. I love all the scripture and prayers. I love…
read moreI have been praying the daily office from the Book of Common Prayer (BCP) recently. I LOVE fixed-hour prayers like this. I love all the scripture and prayers. I love…
read moreMany things that are frequently said among my Pastor peers makes me uncomfortable or upset. One thing in particular has been bothering me even more lately. I think we have…
read moreIn The Great Stream: Imagining Churches of Christ in the Christian Tradition is a zenith in writings about the Churches of Christ (COC). Leonard Allen, dean of the college of…
read moreSo you’ve heard of the 10 commandments, right? Most of us have if we spent much of any time in Church or know much of anything about either Christianity or…
read moreThere is a new update to the widely acclaimed New Revised Standard Version (NRSV) coming out soon. The digital version is due to be available by Christmas of this year.…
read moreOne set of questions I get a lot as a minister and a teacher is about the Apocrypha: “What is the Apocrypha?” “Why do Catholics have extra books in their…
read moreSince its beginning, teaching has been a key part of what the Church does in the world. In fact, right after responding to Peter’s sermon on the day of Pentecost…
read moreOne distinction is important to make right off the bat. This is NOT referring to the Roman Catholic Church. The distinction that is usually made is between the capital “C”…
read moreThis is my second post in a series of ecclesiological explorations. We are studying the church in order to counter the bad ecclesiology that pervades so much of today’s world.…
read moreThis is a manifesto for an orthodox generosity and an articulation of my thoughts on Christian unity. Inevitably, someone will read this and think I am claiming to be Roman Catholic. This…
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