Michael Ramsey, Conversion, and Christian Reunion

Posted on July 7, 2014
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by Jonathan Warren Introducing Michael Ramsey One feature of Anglican church history I am especially interested to highlight in these essays is the role that the Archbishop of Canterbury has played in crafting the temper and character of Anglicanism as a theological and spiritual tradition. For Anglicans, bishops are the chief symbol of Christian unity,…

The Broad Churchmanship of William Reed Huntington

Posted on June 23, 2014
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by Jonathan Warren Huntingtonโ€™s โ€œChurch-Ideaโ€ Moving across the Atlantic, this week we turn our attention to a prominent priest in the Protestant Episcopal Church in the United States [1], William Reed Huntington (1838-1909). In the great age of โ€œchurch partiesโ€ or factions in Anglicanism that was the nineteenth century, Huntington was one of the leading…

Edward Pusey and the Oxford Movement

Posted on June 17, 2014
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by Jonathan Warren Reading Edward Pusey Edward Bouverie Pusey (1800-1882) was simultaneously one of the most erudite and most polarizing figures in the Church of England in the nineteenth century. Along with John Henry Newman, Pusey was one of the most important leaders of the Oxford Movement, [1] a catholicizing reform movement in the Church…

Welcome to the Team!

Posted on May 17, 2014
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We are pleased to announce that we have added two new writers to Anglican Pastor. Canon David Roseberry will be writing from thirty years of pastoral experience. He is the planter and pastor of Christ Church, Plano, Texas, and was the founding leader of Anglican 1000. Fr Jonathan Warren works for InterVarsity Texas Christian Scholars…

Is Catholic Biblical? Does Baptism Save us?

Posted on March 28, 2014
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[Note: I’m going to do an aside this week from the Journey series.  The final installment is slated for next Friday. As always, thanks very much for reading.] In my “Journey” series, I mentioned wrestling with the question: Do catholic and biblical go together? When I use the word ‘catholic’ I mean the ancient and continuing,…

Denise Levertov’s ‘On A Theme By Thomas Merton’

Posted on March 27, 2014
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Lent with the Poets #4.  Series Introduction is here.  Why are some writers of faith celebrated in American Christianity while others are not? That is my question about today’s poet, Denise Levertov. Among Christians devoted to the arts, Levertov is profoundly appreciated. Yet she hasn’t received the wider acclaim and affection that many afford to Frederick…

Quotes from Madeleine L’Engle

Posted on March 11, 2014
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Humility The moment humility becomes self-conscious, it becomes hubris. One cannot be humble and aware of oneself at the same time…Humility is throwing oneself away in complete concentration on something or someone else. –A Circle of Quiet The Creed You can’t understand the Creed like your Baedeker guide to Athens. Its in the language of…

Rainer Maria Rilke’s ‘No One Lives His Life’

Posted on March 6, 2014
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Introducing Anglican Pastor’s Lent with the Poets Series Today is a day of new beginnings for all of us walking this Lenten journey. Ash Wednesday began the Lenten season yesterday and we’re focused on living into the disciplines we’ve undertaken for these next 40 days. Today is also a new beginning for me as I join…

New Writer at Anglican Pastor

Posted on February 13, 2014
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We are pleased to announce that Fr Jack King will be joining us as a writer at Anglican Pastor.  Fr Jack will be writing a blog here called The Poetry of Faith.  The blog title is a nod to Denise Levertov’s poem “Poetics of Faith.”  His first series, beginning in Lent will be “Lent with the…

The Church Year and Gospel Time (Re-Post)

Posted on December 23, 2013
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Time is a mysterious quantity that we are constantly affected by, sometimes ruled by, and often fighting with.  There is a natural rhythm to human life, with tiny cycles of seconds like heartbeats, embedded in larger body of minutes, hours, and days.  There are months and years, a constant tick-tock of change.  And there are…