UPDATE: I’ve created an experimental, two-year version of the ACNA Daily Office Lectionary. Click here to access it. I recently wrote a Rookie Anglican guide to the Daily Office Lectionary. This was partially prompted by a reader’s request for such an article. However, another reason the Daily Office Lectionary has been on my mind is that…
The Daily Office Lectionary: A Rookie Anglican Guide
A lectionary is, in simple terms, a Bible reading plan. It tells you which scripture passages to read on specific days, and the Daily Office Lectionary guides you through the scriptures each morning and evening of the year.
Collect Reflections: The Third Sunday of Epiphany
This post, in addition to being a part of Rookie Anglican, is part of a series on the Collects of the Christian Year (ACNA), called “Collect Reflections.” If you’re just jumping in, make sure to check out the introductory post, “Announcing Collect Reflections.” All Collect Reflection posts can be found here. The season of Epiphany is directed outward;…
Collect Reflections: The First Sunday after the Epiphany; The Baptism of Our Lord
This post, in addition to being a part of Rookie Anglican, is part of a series on the Collects of the Christian Year (ACNA), called “Collect Reflections.” If you’re just jumping in, make sure to check out the introductory post, “Announcing Collect Reflections.” All Collect Reflection posts can be found here. Epiphany-what? Sadly, the time for saying “Merry…
How to Lead a Daily Office Service (Morning or Evening Prayer) for a Group
Daily Office: Easier Said (Alone) than Done (With a Group)! In the interests of making the Daily Office (Morning and Evening Prayer) more accessible, I’ve been putting together Daily Office Booklets for a while now. Ideally, with just a Bible and a booklet, you should be able to work your way through both Morning and…
Here Are All the Morning and Evening Prayer Scripture Readings for this Church Year (ACNA Daily Office Lectionary Year B, 2017-2018)
UPDATE: The ACNA has released a new (January 2018) Daily Office Lectionary. CLICK HERE to access the new version. In the interests of making the ACNA Daily Office Liturgies and Lectionary more accessible, I’ve been creating Rookie Anglican Daily Office Booklets for just over a year. As I prepare to release the next Daily Office…
The Third Sunday in Advent: A Collect Reflection
This post, in addition to being a part of Rookie Anglican, is part of a series on the Collects of the Christian Year (ACNA), called “Collect Reflections.” If you’re just jumping in, make sure to check out the introductory post, “Announcing Collect Reflections.” All Collect Reflection posts can be found here. Advent By now, if you’ve been…
The Second Sunday in Advent: A Collect Reflection
This post is part of a series on the Collects of the Christian Year (ACNA), called “Collect Reflections.” If you’re just jumping in, make sure to check out the introductory post, “Announcing Collect Reflections.” All Collect Reflection posts can be found here. Collect for the Second Sunday in Advent Blessed Lord, who caused all holy Scriptures…
A Collect Reflection for Christ the King Sunday
What “restoration” does the collect allude to? Why does it talk about “peoples” of the earth? What is the relationship between the Father and the Son in the latter’s “gracious rule”? Let me try to explain.
Week of the Sunday from Nov 13 to Nov 19; Proper 28, A Collect Reflection
It’s almost the end of the year. No, really. When I first became Anglican, I had little understanding of the church’s calendar. I knew that Advent was a thing that meant I should hold off on Christmas carols. I knew that Lent was a thing that meant I should give up something for 40 days….
A Family Liturgy of Thanksgiving
I found them in her dining room tucked into a lowboy drawer: a sandwich sized Ziploc bag of corn kernels. I looked around at the china hutch still full, her table shrunk small. She had passed away just a week before. She was red-haired spunky but always full of welcome. We had driven to Akron…
How to Chant the Venite
The Venite is a canticle used in Morning Prayer, based largely upon the text of Psalm 95. It is featured in certain editions of the Rookie Anglican Daily Office Booklet. Below is an audio file of the easiest way, in my opinion, to chant the canticle. As you can see in the pagescan from the 1940…
