When I say “Anglican,” what do you hear? Do you hear via media? Do you hear Protestant, Catholic, Evangelical, or Anglo-Catholic?  The temptation throughout Anglican history has been to become confused about our identity. Various groups have reduced Anglicanism to…

In the historic Western eucharistic lectionary, the epistles and gospels of the first half of Lent emphasize our struggle against the world, the flesh, and the devil, but there is a turn in the Fourth Sunday in Lent. From here…

The episcopal and pastoral wisdom of Bishop Charles McIlvaine can help us consider how we should respond to present awakenings that seem to be occuring around the world.

Bishop McIlvaine was a leading voice of evangelical Anglicanism in the 19th Century.

Gillis Harp on why the Canterbury Trail phenomenon is so prevalent in the North American Anglican tradition.

The Book of Common Prayer traditionally began Lent with a service called “A Commination” (which means “a threatening”). You can read the service here. You might find it a bit harsh. Many others have found it too difficult and the service…

The season of Lent is almost here, and it begins with Ash Wednesday. This brief look back at the classic Anglican liturgy for Ash Wednesday provides suggestions for how its theology can inform Ash Wednesday services today.

Would you believe it if I told you that more than a few have showed up in church these past few Sundays since I began praying over them?

Pastors, consider providing some encouragement for the use of The 1662 Book of Common Prayer: International Edition within your parish.

If you are not familiar with Grove Books, you are missing out. Grove Books was started by the great evangelical bishop and liturgist Colin Buchanan in 1971. The goal of the booklets is summed up in their tagline: Not the…