As fire and brimstone rain down upon Sodom and Gomorrah, Lot’s wife looks back. In that moment, she becomes a pillar of salt. What good is a pillar of salt in a barren desert landscape?
Learning Obedience with St. Thérèse
For Thérèse, obedience did not mean abandoning what she understood to be God’s call.
Silence Beyond Expectation: A Reflection on Psalm 131
“Mom, Mom, Mom.” I hear this mantra often. Balancing family life and a career is challenging, and sometimes I just want silence. Not any silence, but a silence that requires absolutely no follow-up. A few years ago, I signed up for a silent retreat. I approached the retreat like a spiritual vacation: a little rest,…
Book Review: Therapy Nation
In Therapy Nation, Jonathan Alpert argues that therapy without direction, goals, and accountability for results has become far too common.
Birth and Our Rebirth in Baptism
A new awareness stirred within me of how our own entrances into the world reflect the rebirth Christ has given us.
How to Take a Personal Prayer Retreat
A personal prayer retreat is a choice to cut yourself off from the world for a time in order to be with God. I recommend every Christian, including laity, take a two-night prayer retreat at least once a year. This is not always feasible and, if you are unaccustomed to praying for more than an…
Introducing Anglican Antiquities
The Anglican Antiquities line of publications at Anglican Compass seeks to reintroduce works of devotion and theology across churchmanship and time to eager readers.
Bless Me, for I Have Sinned
What I was really asking God for was relief, happiness, help, healing, strength, and understanding.
The Goodness of God Our Father
We consistently pray to God the Father in Anglican worship. Every Collect of the Week addresses the Father or God; we pray the Lord’s Prayer weekly, sometimes daily, and the eucharistic prayers address the Father.
Called to Be a Parishioner
The beauty of Anglicanism is that whether or not we are called to Holy Orders or some other significant role, we are called to be a parishioner first.
Book Review: Sextinction
In her book, Sextinction: The Decline of Sex and the Future of Intimacy. Dr. Soh takes the reader on a journey through the research to better understand the truth of the sexual recession
Discipleship: Submission to Christ the Lord (Jerusalem Declaration 5)
The phrase “we gladly proclaim and submit” is the retrospective boast of a person—and a church—that has come to know and follow Jesus as the Holy One of God.