Music Recommendation: Steadfast Live by Sandra McCracken
The Anglican Pastor does not normally review albums. However, when Anglican music leader Sandra McCracken of St. Mary of Bethany in Nashville is releasing a new album, our ears are wide open. I’m not...
View ArticleLiturgical Space: A Very Weird Message
Throughout the next several months I will be posting on the relationship of art and theology. We will look at how the concept of types (the participation of all creation in the divine), compels us to...
View ArticleChristmas Eve: What is the Christ Candle?
On the four Sundays of Advent, you’ll see the Advent wreath at the Anglican Church. Around it will be four candles, three purple and one pink. And in its center is a large white candle. That’s the...
View ArticleHow to Chant the Nunc dimittis
The Nunc Dimittis – also known as the Song of Simeon (Luke 2:29-32) – is a canticle used in Evening Prayer. Below is an audio file of the easiest way, in my opinion, to chant the canticle. As you can...
View ArticleI Don’t Want a Celebration of Life, I Want a Burial Service
When I die, please don’t call my burial service a Celebration of Life. Don’t get me wrong, I hope that people will want to celebrate my life. I just don’t want this to replace my Christian burial. I...
View ArticleAnglican Worship: Where Does It Say In the Bible to Do That?
As an Anglican Priest, I’m often asked where in the Bible some Anglican worship practice is commanded. The assumption is that we should only do what the Bible expressly commands us to do. The thinking...
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