Written February 2019, revised February 2021. Summary 1) When conducting Holy Communion or Daily Office services, follow the classic Prayer Book tradition as much as possible (1662 IE, 1928, ASB, Anglican Missal, ACNA TLE). 2) Outside of Prayer...
The ACNA is in a considerable controversy over identity and sexuality, which has now become an international issue. At issue is a statement by the College of Bishops, which was contradicted later by Bishop Todd Hunter in a pastoral guidance...
"My own support for women in holy orders is well known. Global Anglicanism has said that there are, in fact “two integrities” here, both arguable from Holy Scripture, and – to employ Hooker’s method — less so from Tradition. I am convinced that...
Trialing the ACNA Traditional Language Liturgies. Worked yesterday on a booklet layout, for the upcoming service, using the Modern Text docx as starting points. After spending a day working through the liturgy, comparing to 1928 and 2019 Modern,...
Celebrated a 1928 BCP said (and social-distanced) mass using an antique chaplain portable altar.
[We] must affirm Christ's objective presence in the Eucharist, and must maintain that “Spiritual Communion” is not the same as the Eucharist. We can understand liturgical contemplation and “Spiritual Communion” as receiving the grace of the Holy...
I. Choose your text It is best to rely on expository book studies for the steady diet of your people, because this ensures they will get "the whole counsel of God." However, the following may be occasions for special sermons: a. Special calendar...
Good article follow-up on the ACNA 2019 Prayer Book: http://www.forwardinchristmagazine.com/2020/02/when-you-cant-do-red.html What is the piscina (also called a sacrarium)? It is a sink in the sacristy that empties onto the ground rather than in...
The Draft of the ACNA Altar Book is out, and some are raising concern about it, to which the editor gave a great reply (below): PDF is here, for reference in case portions are omitted.1 BEN JEFFERIES: Dear Robert — As the Editor of the Altar...
Old Russian joke (as told by an OCA bishop): If a young man has a good voice and good mind they make him a deacon. When he loses his voice they make him priest. And when he loses his mind... (via)