Despite the obvious connection to The Screwtape Letters, My Dear Hemlock deserves to be evaluated on its own merits as a standalone novel and for anyone who has not read Lewis’s work.

The Reformed Episcopal Church (REC) is a break-off group from the Episcopal Church that formed in 1873 to preserve, as its name suggests, Reformed and evangelical theology from what its leaders saw as overly Anglo-Catholic tendencies in the wider Episcopal and Anglican Church. In the United Kingdom, the REC supported the formation of the Free…

The Global Anglican Futures Conference (GAFCON), which met for the first time in Jerusalem in 2008, has represented Anglican provinces opposing the liberal policies of provinces that have departed from orthodox teaching on sexuality and biblical authority. It approved the creation of the ACNA.

Following the Gospel of Matthew in Year A, this week in our worship we contemplate another recorded incident of Jesus and his disciples while north of the Sea of Galilee; this time in the district of Caesarea Philippi, an important city in the region governed by Philip, the son of Herod, and a center of…

Many outside the Gafcon movement, and some within it, have asked: “Why are you hung up on sex?” My reply has two parts. First, I will exposit this clause literally, focusing on the meaning of marriage as expressed in the Bible and Prayer Book.

In Therapy Nation, Jonathan Alpert argues that therapy without direction, goals, and accountability for results has become far too common.

A new awareness stirred within me of how our own entrances into the world reflect the rebirth Christ has given us.

At this point in our walk with Jesus in the Season After Pentecost Year A, we are approaching the end of his ministry in the north (mainly Galilee) before he journeys south to Jerusalem and the cross. The assigned Gospel reading out of Matthew 15:21-28 is the narrative account of Jesus’ encounter with a Canaanite…

The 2019 Book of Common Prayer, however, draws on nearly 400 years of Prayer Book history; the canticle Magna et Mirabilia offers a wonderful example.

With Lamentations 3:22–23 in mind, Thomas Chisholm wrote “Great Is Thy Faithfulness” after declining health forced him to leave the pastoral vocation he loved. He knew disappointment; he knew God’s faithfulness.

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…

This week we continue walking with Jesus on the move in his ministry, now coming to Matthew’s account of the miracle of his walking on water. At mid-Pentecost in both Year A and Year B, the church assigns this Gospel reading to follow that of the feeding of the five thousand, “immediately” just as it…

On February 23, 1807, after nearly two decades of setbacks, speeches, defeats, and renewed efforts, the British House of Commons voted overwhelmingly to abolish Great Britain’s slave trade. Members rose to cheer as William Wilberforce—exhausted and overcome with emotion—sat, with tears streaming down his face. This was a political victory, for sure; however, its roots…

The Anglican Antiquities line of publications at Anglican Compass seeks to reintroduce works of devotion and theology across churchmanship and time to eager readers.

At Proper 13A, following the Gospel of Matthew, we return to the trail of our Lord’s itinerant ministry in Galilee. The assigned Gospel reading is Matthew 14:13-21. Over the course of the three-year cycle, we hear the account of the feeding of the five thousand three times on a Sunday–once here, twice in Year B…

Sissy Goff and David Thomas, Capable: How to Teach Your Kids the Strengths, Skills, and Strategies to Build Resilience. Bethany House Publishers, 2026. 296 pp. Modern parenting books can be depressing reads. In book after book, authors cite frightening statistics, screen time warnings, and rising mental health issues. Parents can feel overwhelmed, even useless, by…

This week the church will have us finish overhearing the remaining parables in Jesus’ third major teaching discourse in the Gospel of Matthew. The themes of growth, value, and abundance in the revelation of the kingdom of God continue to be front and center in our Lord’s teaching. The Gospel reading from Matthew 13:31-33,44-50 covers…

As a home hospice chaplain this past year, I have spent more time with the actively dying than in my previous 10 years in parish ministry. Accordingly, I have become much more acquainted with pages 223–245 in the Book of Common Prayer (2019). Although the BCP works as a “plug-and-play” resource, I thought a few…