In most Anglican churches, you will see the color green during the season of Ordinary Time. It appears in green clergy vestments, in green fabrics on the altar and pulpit, and sometimes in green hangings or other adornments. You might even choose to wear green on occasion (no obligation to do so!). This green represents…
Today in the Spirit: Proper 8C
At Proper 8C, we move as worshipers to the place in Luke’s narrative where Jesus intentionally moves his ministry out of Galilee in the north to Judea and Jerusalem in the south. The assigned Gospel reading out of Luke 9:51-62 begins, “When the days drew near for him to be taken up, [Jesus] set his…
Today in the Spirit: Proper 7C
The Easter season ended very late this year, so we start into the ordinary (numbered) propers after Trinity Sunday at Week 7. In our walk with Jesus in Year C through the Gospel of Luke, we come now to the tail end of our Lord’s Galilean ministry. The assigned Gospel reading from Luke 9:18-24 covers…
Trinity Sunday: God the Father’s Day?
Some years ago, David Roseberry posted a piece on Anglican Compass titled, “Should You Preach a Father’s Day Sermon on Father’s Day?” (Answer: “Yes!”). Let me pose another question, particularly appropriate in 2025, when Father’s Day converges with Trinity Sunday. My question is this: Should we preach on God the Father on Trinity Sunday? Have…
Today in the Spirit: Trinity Sunday C
Trinity Sunday C, in particular, might also be called “Holy Trinity Sunday” or “Trinity Worship Sunday.” More than in Years A and B, the readings in this cycle take us beyond just references to the three persons or the trinity or trinitarian formulas to adoration of the Father, the Son, and the Holy Spirit. The…
Announcing The Liturgical Home: Ordinary Time
Anglican Compass is proud to announce the publication of Ashley Tumlin Wallace’s latest book, The Liturgical Home: Ordinary Time. In it, she continues her series of books and articles walking us through what it looks like to live out the seasons of the Church Year as a family. Check it out now exclusively on Amazon….
Halloween and the Victory of Christ
Halloween assures us of the ultimate comfort in our times of darkness. Taken together with the rest of Allhallowtide, it tells us that, though Satan’s forces still rage against us and this world’s ills plague our frail bodies and minds, Christ preserves his people from generation to generation.
St. Oswald: the Evangelist King
After a period of embracing Christianity, people in Northumbria returned to the Pagan beliefs they held before the gospel first reached the British shores. It would take a young Christian king returning from exile with a zeal for evangelism to begin a revival of faith that would last for centuries.
Today in the Spirit: Proper 7B
At Proper 7B, we continue with Mark’s version of the events in Jesus’ early ministry in Galilee. Mark 4:35-41(5:1-20) gives us the narrative of Jesus stilling a storm as he and his disciples are in transit across the lake, and as an optional addition, the story of a man possessed by multiple demons on the…
Today in the Spirit: Proper 6B
The goodness our Lord seeks to work in us is that which serves his purpose to redeem the world and proclaim the good news.
