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Why Do Anglicans Pray for the Dead?

Posted on October 28, 2024
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For those new to the Anglican tradition, it may surprise you that the Book of Common Prayer, in all of its major editions, offers prayers for those who have died in the Christian faith. We don’t just pray for those who mourn but for the departed themselves. We see these prayers for the dead in…

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Halloween and the Victory of Christ

Posted on October 26, 2024
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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.

Millennial People, Boomer Priest

Book Review: Millennial People, Boomer Priest

Posted on October 24, 2024
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Noll, Stephen. Millennial People, Boomer Priest: My Year Eldering a Young Congregation. Anglican House Publishers, 2024. The Rev’d Dr. Stephen Noll may be a Boomer, but his exposition of the Christian faith will benefit readers of all generations. An Introduction to the Faith Drawn from Dr. Noll’s year as an interim pastor to a young congregation,…

Cecil Frances Alexander

Singing the Faith with Mrs. Alexander

Posted on October 11, 2024
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On the surface, there is precious little widely available on the life of Cecil Frances Alexander, a “Hymn-writer and Teacher of the Faith,” as she’s called in the 2019 Prayer Book. I was able to find precisely one biography available online, which, in turn, led me to a smaller one that her husband wrote after…

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Today in the Spirit: Proper 23B

Posted on October 6, 2024
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When it comes to assigning accounts of Jesus’ ministry that appear in all three Gospels, as a rule, we find that the church most often chooses Mark’s version for placement in Year B. This is probably because so much of the rich material unique to Matthew or Luke must be included in the Year A…

William Tyndale: A Translator Tested By Fire

William Tyndale: A Translator Tested By Fire

Posted on October 5, 2024
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William Tyndale was the father of the English Bible and the first to translate the text from its Hebrew and Greek original. Forced into exile, Tyndale printed his Bibles on the European continent and smuggled them back into England. Though the authorities burned Tyndale’s Bibles and then Tyndale himself, their fire did not consume his…

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We Come Not Unasked: The Hawaii Anglican Network

Posted on October 3, 2024
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The Hawaii Anglican Network is a ministry effort to serve and reach all of Hawai‘i. ʻOhana is a term that we use to describe the Hawaii Anglican Network. It means family, and its root is the word for nest. We reside together under the shelter of God’s wing, and we feed together on Christ.