As with much of the Nicene Creed, the words call our attention to more than an abstract philosophical proposition. In the Creed, we claim historical fact: the person of Jesus of Nazareth, who was truly killed, thoroughly dead, and really buried, rose again into newness of life at a specific time (on the third day…
The Rev. Mark Brians is the rector at All Saints, an Anglican church in downtown Honolulu. He received his Bachelor’s and Master’s degrees from Hawaii Pacific University. Fr. Mark is married to Rachel, and they live with their five children in Liliha, just up the street from Youngโs Noodle Factory, which they frequent weekly.
Finding Rest by Singing the Psalter
Rest, Inc.: Itโs So Hot Right Now! Contemporary society is increasingly marked by a pervasive sense of burnout. We are more developed, advanced, healthy, and connected than ever, yet we are weary. The yoke of modernity appears hard, and its burden is heavy. In this exhaustion lies a hunger for the rest of the Living…
Holy Sovereigns Day: The Feast of the Church in Hawaii
At the end of November, we will make a big-to-do at All Saints Honolulu. A large, light-strung canopy will be set up in my front yard. Chairs, benches, and carpets from the sanctuary will be arranged, with an altar and lectern on the grass, dressed for Holy Communion. A reredos and boughs of leaves will…
We Come Not Unasked: The Hawaii Anglican Network
Theย Hawaii Anglican Networkย is a ministry effort to serve and reach all of Hawaiโi.ย สปOhanaย 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 Godโs wing, and we feed together on Christ.
Reformation Anglican Worship by Jensen (Review)
Prefatory note: This is an updated version of my earlier review of Reformation Anglican Worship. The original post engendered a fruitful and clarifying conversation between the Rev. Dr. Jensen and myself, in which I profited much. In particular, he highlighted a couple of areas in that first version where he felt my reading was not…
The Heritage of Anglican Theology by J.I. Packer (Review)
J. I. Packer. The Heritage of Anglican Theology. (Wheaton, IL: Crossway, 2021, 384 pages, $39.99) Remembering Packer About a decade ago, I came across a copy of J.I. Packerโs Knowing God in Kathmandu (long story). I remember little from my reading that night save for Packer’s obvious, humble confidence in the love of the God…
Reformation Anglicanism, Volume 1 (A Review)
Book Information: Reformation Anglicanism: A Vision for Todayโs Global Communion, vol. I in The Reformation Anglicanism Essential Library, eds. Ashley Null and John Yates III (Crossway, 2017, 224 pages, $35.00). Introduction Reformation Anglicanism is the first volume of The Reformation Anglicanism Essential Library, a series that seeks to cast a renewed vision for Anglicanism, one…
Reading the Bible with the Caroline Divines: 4 Homiletical Takeaways
In the shadows cast by the early English reformers (such as Cramner and Hooker) on the one side, and the giants of Anglican theology since the 18th century on the other, sits the rich trove of Anglican theologians and devotional writers known collectively as the Caroline Divines. โCarolineโ (derived from the Latin version of the…
3 Ways Pastors Can Provide Theological Leadership During COVID-19
It is now Eastertide and the quarantine orders have not been lifted nor has the spread and toll of COVID-19 been fully exacted: we are still living in the time of the virus. Some among us may have hoped that, by Doubting Thomas Sunday at least, we might have some clearer picture of โwhen we…
