George Washington was born into a deeply Anglican family and remained a faithful Anglican layman for his entire life. He was baptized in the church as an infant, married a pious Anglican woman, and was buried with the burial office from the 1789 Book of Common Prayer. In between these sacramental milestones, Washington served as…
J.I. Packer: A Rookie Anglican Guide
J.I. Packer became an international figure through scores of pamphlets and books, especially his 1973 bestseller, Knowing God. Packer’s institutional engagement is less famous than his books but arguably even more influential.
The Nativity of John the Baptist: A Rookie Anglican Guide
John the Baptist, in his wonderful birth, stands as an icon of life. In fact, the Church liturgically remembers the earthly birth—rather than death—of only three people: the Virgin Mary, Our Lord himself, and John.
The Five American Prayer Books: A Rookie Anglican Guide
Neither the ACNA nor the Book of Common Prayer in our hands today is a present-day import from England. Our Prayer Book, like our Church, has been a native, naturalized inhabitant since 1789.
Book Review: Christian History, Volumes 1 & 2
Christian History, Volume 1 and 2, serve as a superb introduction to Christian history. They are written honestly and accessibly without losing their depth.
Why Anglicans Bow in Worship: A Rookie Anglican Guide
Bodily gestures like bowing cultivate inward devotion. Reverence shown externally helps train reverence internally. Our liturgical rituals are modes of teaching ourselves—bodily habits shape the soul.
St. Dunstan: Archbishop with a Monastic Heart
Amid the turbulence of the 10th century in England, a humble monk rose up to reform and reshape the English Church, eventually even becoming Archbishop of Canterbury. St. Dunstan’s life illustrates a truth seen throughout Christian history: periods of renewal often begin in prayer, discipline, and holiness. Only then can they reshape institutions or kingdoms….
First Clement: A Church Father’s Love of Scripture and Grace
If one were to believe certain corners of the internet, the Apostolic Fathers exist primarily as Catholic bait. The claim is simple: read them honestly, and you will inevitably discover that Protestantism is a tragic misunderstanding foisted upon the Church sometime between Constantine and Luther. The Fathers, we are told, clearly believed in a sacerdotal…
Book Review: In Defense of Christian Patriotism
Daniel Darling. In Defense of Christian Patriotism. Broadside Books, 2025. 288 pp. Only a marginal minority of Americans has embraced the term “Christian Nationalist.” According to a 2023 Neighborly Faith report, only five percent of respondents self-identified as Christian Nationalists or sympathized with the movement. In most public discourse today, it is a pejorative that…
The Anglican Poet-Priests
Anglicanism’s beautiful use of language has shaped the many Christian believers it has discipled. There should be no surprise, then, that the Anglican tradition has produced centuries of poets among its adherents—even its very clergy.
Book Review: That Blessed Liberty
Miles Smith, IV, and Adam Carrington. That Blessed Liberty: Episcopal Bishops and the Development of the American Republic, 1789–1860. Prolego Press, 2025. 179 pp. Between the surrender at Yorktown and the first shots at Sumter, the United States did more than construct a constitutional order. It also quietly and often anxiously reshaped its religious life….
St. Joseph and the Virtues of Silence
Saint Joseph was the head of the holy family and an indispensable figure in sacred history. Yet one of the most striking qualities of Joseph in the gospels is his silence.
