That today and every day you have God to glorify.Jesus to imitate.Salvation to work out with fear and trembling.A body to use rightly.Sins to repent.Virtues to acquire.Hell to avoid.Heaven to gain.Eternity to hold in mind.Time to profit by.Neighbors to serve.The world to enjoy.Creation to use rightly.Slights to endure patiently.Kindnesses to offer willingly.Justice to strive for.Temptations to overcome.Death...
Sunday, 27 July 2014
Saturday, 26 July 2014
Fr. Tony Clavier on "the essence of Anglicanism"
In a brief essay entitled "The Anglican Way," Fr. Tony Clavier lays out his understanding of "the essence of Anglicanism." "None of these elements," he's careful to note, "are in themselves the exclusive property of our tradition, but taken together they express what our church - with a small c - has sought to be at its best. As such these elements are always aspirational rather than accomplished...
Sunday, 20 July 2014
Groaning for Redemption: Our Resurrection Hope
The epistle reading assigned for today in the Revised Common Lectionary for Proper 11A is a very powerful passage Here's an excerpt:I consider that the sufferings of this present time are not worth comparing with the glory about to be revealed to us. For the creation waits with eager longing for the revealing of the children of God; for the creation was subjected to futility, not of its own...
Sunday, 13 July 2014
Henry McAdoo: What is Anglicanism?
"[Anglicanism] is a liturgical and sacramental and devotional religion for everyday use by committed people. It is deeply aware that the individual is responsible for living his own life and doing his own decision-making in cooperation with the grace of the Spirit. Yet he is an individual who is a member of the eucharistic fellowship of the baptized and he is called to live 'the new life' of the imitation...
Wednesday, 2 July 2014
YOU'VE REACHED THE END OF THIS BLOG!
Yep. Maintaining a blog, a tumblr, instagram etc. is annoying, so something has to go. Using blogger AND tumblr is kinda redundant, so I've decided to abandon blogger. sadwhistleSo If you wanna (hint: you should) keep following me you can do that via tumblr http://christiannauck.tumblr.com and...