Dementia often results in this telescoping of time: an event in the distant past becomes adjacent to the present. Normally, that's a problem. But not so in church. After all, I was using the same liturgy of the BCP she heard then; I was preaching the same Gospel

I am proud to say that I heard one of the few sermons about evangelism and our duty to share the gospel to everyone regardless of circumstances, culture, or nation today at Grace Episcopal Church. Thank you, to the Rev. Seldon!

We humans don’t change very much.

"Wholly unacquainted with the world in which they are so fond of meddling, and inexperienced in all its affairs on which they pronounce with so much confidence, they have nothing of politics but the passions they excite" Burke on political "harangues from the pulpit"

"In a world increasingly being played out online, going to Church should be an immersion in cold water that wakes us out of sleep."

Wisdom:

More wisdom:

Seeing pictures of a recent episcopal consecration in the CofE once again convinces me that the modest dignity of rochet and chimere are far more fitting and appropriate than cope and mitre.

On the 8th day of the month at Morning Prayer, the sober realism of Psalm 39. Jeremy Taylor entitles it 'A meditation of the shortness and vanity of our life'. His prayer accompanying the psalm opens with a bracing recognition of the nature of our mortality:

My major issue with this is the celebration of Thomas Becket ...

'The Open Window.' (1907) Much like his friend Vilhelm Hammershøi, Carl Holsøe is celebrated for his depictions of sparse interiors, which convey stillness and introspection.

Infant dedication is not equivalent to Baptism and does not incorporate into the Covenant. Infant dedication and Baptism are not equivalent options. Clergy who tolerate or encourage the view that Baptism should not be administered to infants are acting contrary to Article 27.

Very excited about this replica WWII-Vietnam era Army chaplain tippet I just received in the mail.

From a 1799 sermon by PECUSA's Bishop William White, a stark description of the threat posed by the Revolutionary regime in France. (The sermon pointed to White's Federalist sympathies - a very good thing, of course.)

Just before the anniversary of Keble's Assize Sermon ...

This is excellent on Herbert. The description of his articulation of "simplicity in the heart of complexity" echoes Prayer Book piety. Importantly, he is also a unifying figure for Anglicans, not easily pinned to the various allegiances of the early 17thC and centuries since.

A friend's photo of his rural Ulster parish church this evening.