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These articles offer accessible and enlightening introductions to various aspects of Anglican life and faith, such as the Bible, theology, liturgy, and history. It’s no secret that even seasoned Anglicans, including clergy members, frequently revisit these articles to renew their understanding.
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Our Most Essential Introductions to the Anglican Tradition
Getting Started with the Daily Office: A Rookie Anglican Guide
Let’s face it: to the modern ear, “Daily Office” sounds more like your workplace than your prayer routine. However, while…
The Book of Common Prayer (BCP): A Rookie Anglican Guide to the Prayer Book
This article was written in 2018 by Joshua Steele. It was heavily updated in 2023 by Jacob Davis. For a…
What is Lectio Divina?
How do we read Scripture? What happens when we sit down with our Bibles and begin to pore over the…
GAFCON: A Rookie Anglican Guide
GAFCON is back in the news, with 1300 Anglican leaders gathering in Kigali in April 2023. But what is GAFCON,…
Book of Common Prayer
Guides to Navigating the Prayer Book Liturgies
Beyond Lent: Spiritual Disciplines for the Whole Year
For Anglicans and other liturgical Christians, Lent is the time we set aside each year to focus on the spiritual…
How Anglican Liturgy Stewards Our Emotions
As someone raised within the charismatic tradition, I grew up believing that emotions played an important role in Christian worship…
The Formularies: A Rookie Anglican Guide
The Anglican Formularies are the Thirty-Nine Articles, the Book of Common Prayer, and the Ordinal (the service for ordaining clergy)…
A Brief History of Anglicanism, Part 2
With more than fifteen hundred years of rich history, this ancient tradition still has the power to speak to our…
Church Calendar
The Seasons, Feasts, and Fasts of the Christian Year
Holy Week at Anglican Cathedrals
Holy Week is almost upon us. This is a time when Christians mark the end of Lent with a series…
The Liturgical Home: The Conversion of St. Paul
The story of Paul’s conversion is a powerful testimony to the transformative power of God and the incredible truth that…
The History of the Christmas Collects
We expect the Christmas Collects to celebrate the birth of Jesus, and they do. But they also surprise us by…
The Liturgical Home: What is the Season of Christmas?
Christmas is the time set aside to celebrate and reflect on the miracle of Jesus’ birth and its significance in…
Anglican Theology
Guides to Anglican Christian Beliefs
We Believe: Of One Being With The Father
Can you spot the difference between these two Greek words: homoousion and homoiousion? The first word, homoousion, means “of one…
We Believe: God from God, Light from Light, True God from True God, Begotten, Not Made
In 1994, my sister died from heresy. That’s not hyperbole. It’s not a metaphor. It’s the plain truth. Leslie had…
We Believe: The Only-Begotten Son of God, Eternally Begotten of the Father
A friend of mine grew up in a church that did not recognize the Nicene Creed’s definition of the Trinity…
We Believe: In One Lord, Jesus Christ
The word “Lord” often has bad connotations. In our culture, the three most famous Lords are Lord Vader, Lord Voldemort,…
Anglican History
The Rich History of the Anglican Tradition
We Believe: Of One Being With The Father
Can you spot the difference between these two Greek words: homoousion and homoiousion? The first word, homoousion, means “of one…
We Believe: God from God, Light from Light, True God from True God, Begotten, Not Made
In 1994, my sister died from heresy. That’s not hyperbole. It’s not a metaphor. It’s the plain truth. Leslie had…
We Believe: The Only-Begotten Son of God, Eternally Begotten of the Father
A friend of mine grew up in a church that did not recognize the Nicene Creed’s definition of the Trinity…
We Believe: Reflections on the Nicene Creed
In May and June 325, the new Roman Emperor Constantine gathered hundreds of bishops to his summer palace in Nicaea…
Anglican Journeys
Stories of Journeys into Anglicanism
Young Anglican, A Gen Z Voice in the Digital Wilderness
Among the rising Gen Z voices in the search for meaning is Joe Colletti, known online as “Young Anglican.”
My Anchor Holds: Recollections of a Retired Priest
(This is the first part of David Wilson’s ministry story. Check out the second installment here.) Changes and Chances Be…
Mystic Hunger and an Anglican Feast
I was a young child the first time I encountered the sign of the cross. It must have been on…
Full Circle and Across the Globe: An Anglican Journey
Growing up in Northern Ireland, Anglicanism often felt more like a gang than a religion. It wasn’t just about where…
