A Timely Word for the Episcopal Church?: McClendon on Conversion

The recent elimination of the national evangelism office of The Episcopal Church has caused me to think about the relative lack of emphasis on conversion in the Episcopal Church, especially when compared to more conservative denominations. In that vein, the below is a quote from a former professor at the Church Divinity School of the [...]

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James Wm. McClendon on Forgiveness, Pt. 2

“But even where the response from the one forgiven is muted or absent, the act of forgiveness, by reaching out as in a transaction to the other, is yet a real act if real consequences flow from it. This is the act that is formalized in the Disciples’ Prayer taught in the Sermon on the [...]

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James Wm. McClendon on Forgiveness

‘This brings up the recurrent belief that forgiving means forgetting. And indeed, Scripture says that God tells Israel he “will remember your sins no more” (Isa. 43.25 NEB). Yet this cannot be understood with literal simplicity, for in the following verse (26) the forgiving God recounts those very sins Israel has committed. In this passage, [...]

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Jesus as an Airbag

When considering the wide range of experience that a human being goes through during his or her existence, the truth of their personal theology is revealed. When existence that is usually internal synapse and sinew is exposed for all to evaluate, you often find out more than merely what one is made of. Laid open [...]

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Winter Solstice and Running Beautiful

Defending something you love is never hard though it can certainly be difficult. People and nations have warred for hundreds of thousands of years without any doubt as to its right. Soldiers and their families will certainly confirm that the battle is not possibly summed up by the narrow meanings of the adjective ‘difficult’. Of [...]

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19 October – Martyn

19 October is the Episcopal feast day for Fr Henry Martyn (18 Februrary 1781 – 16 October 1812), missionary to India and Persia.
O God of the nations, who gave to your faithful servant Henry Martyn a brilliant mind, a loving heart, and a gift for languages, [...]

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18 October – St Luke the Evangelist

18 October is the Episcopal feast day for St Luke the Evangelist, author of the third gospel.
Almighty God, who inspired your servant Luke the physician to declare in the Gospel the love and healing power of your Son: Graciously continue [...]

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17 October – +St Ignatius of Antioch

17 October is the Episcopal feast day for +St Ignatius of Antioch (ca. 35 – 17 October 107), bishop and martyr.
Almighty God, we praise you for your bishop and martyr Ignatius of Antioch, who offered himself as grain to be ground by the teeth of wild beasts that he might present to you the pure [...]

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On Saints, Sacraments, and Liturgy: The Meandering Path “Home”

In the last number of months, many of my friends from high school, college, and other times in my life have stopped and asked the question, “What’s happened to Dave, anyway?” He’s putting saints – or bishops, or priests, or something – on his blog. He’s been using funny words, even for him – words [...]

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16 October – +Latimer, +Ridley, ++Cramner

16 October is the Episcopal feast day for Bps +Hugh Latimer (c. 1485 – 16 October 1555), +Nicholas Ridley (d. 16 October 1555), ++Thomas Cramner (2 July 1489 – 21 March 1556).
Keep us, O Lord, constant in faith and zealous in witness, after the examples of your servants Hugh Latimer, Nicholas Ridley, and Thomas Cranmer; [...]

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