This guest post was provided by Kentucky teacher Heather M. Morgan, who is a member of St. Peter’s Anglican Church, Frankfort, Kentucky. Many Kentucky teachers have been protesting low wages and inadequate funding. St. Peter’s sits adjacent to the Kentucky state Capitol. St. Peter’s Anglican Church in Frankfort, KY has always been keenly aware of…
The Gift of the Bible
LeaderWorks was the power engine behind The Gift of Lent program that has made its way around the ACNA. We conceived the idea and, by God’s grace, were able to build the website and get the links set up. Many thanks (almost ALL thanks) to Kolby Kerr for his work. One of the cornerstones of…
“Pray Daily” is an Excellent Daily Office Prayer Resource. Here’s Why.
What is Pray Daily? Pray Daily is an excellent Daily Office resource (a small book, as pictured in the featured image above) produced by Christ Church in Plano, TX. As stated in the Introduction to Pray Daily, it is “a devotional aid to help you build a habit of more regular and purposeful prayer. It…
Here’s a Top-Secret, Experimental, Two-Year Version of the ACNA Daily Office Lectionary for Morning and/or Evening Prayer
As I explain in my guide to the Daily Office lectionary, a lectionary simply tells you what passages to read during a prayer/worship service. So, if you’re doing Morning or Evening Prayer, you use the Daily Office Lectionary to figure out what passages of Scripture you should read. The New (January 2018) ACNA Daily Office…
Christian, Do the Daily Office: Five Things You Can Learn from Morning and Evening Prayer
The Problem: We All Need to Grow, But We’re Not Sure How Let’s face it: to say the very least, we Christians all have room to grow when it comes to following Jesus. None of us has “arrived.” There’s always more to learn about who God is, what God has done, and how we can…
Here’s the New ACNA Daily Office Lectionary, Formatted in a Single Table
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…
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…
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….
