Monday, December 31, 2007

On Taking People at Their Word...

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... or giving them the benefit of the doubt, or assuming they have honorable intentions. In these waning minutes of 2007 (in the eastern tim...
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Sunday, December 30, 2007

A Nativity Lullaby

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As a genre, the lullaby seems to attract more than its fair share of attention from composers who endeavor to set Christmas texts, and more ...
Friday, December 28, 2007

Singing Suns and Shining Songs

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Next up from the text of the Vaughan Williams Hodie --this from the 17th Century priest and poet George Herbert, whose devotional poetry is ...
Wednesday, December 26, 2007

God's Choice

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The text of the Vaughan Williams Hodie alternates between narration--straight from the Authorized Version of the Bible and sung by unison t...
Tuesday, December 25, 2007

A Hymn on the Morning of Christ's Nativity

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More from the libretto of Ralph Vaughn Williams' Hodie , the 1958 cantata for chorus, treble voices (i.e. boys), portative organ, and fu...
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Monday, December 24, 2007

Christmas Eve

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Music geek that I am, I often encounter great poetry through great music. For several years running, my favorite Christmas music is Ralph Va...
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Friday, December 21, 2007

Yet More Ecclesiology (not impoverished)

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With his permission, I pass on the following from Fr Tony Clavier, a priest of the Diocese of West Virginia. If you are not aware of his bio...
Thursday, December 20, 2007

Eighteen Years

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Somewhere in the middle of this holy huddle is yours truly, with lots of hands being laid on me on this date in 1989, with the unlikely peti...
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Tuesday, December 18, 2007

Ecclesiology Update

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Apropos of my recent post regarding " impoverished ecclesiology ," I invite those who are interested to check out this article by...
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Sunday, December 16, 2007

Snowed In On Sunday

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A priest is supposed to spend Sunday morning presiding at the Lord's Table and proclaiming the Word of God. You can see here how I spent...
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Wednesday, December 12, 2007

Impoverished Ecclesiology?

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On at least a couple of posts in recent weeks, in writing of those friends of mine who are pointed toward the sundering of our common ties t...
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Tuesday, December 11, 2007

Late San Joaquin Buckshot

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The departure of the Diocese of San Joaquin from the Episcopal Church has been the lead story in Anglican cyberspace since the vote was anno...
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Saturday, December 08, 2007

The Letter I Wish the Presiding Bishop Would Write to San Joaquin

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Dear Anglican Friends in San Joaquin, As you might imagine, I was quite disappointed with the vote of your convention to withdraw from the E...
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Friday, December 07, 2007

Jesus Saves: A Primer in Soteriology

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As I post this, it is on the eve of the momentous San Joaquin vote, and it is probably dominating the radar screen by the time you're re...
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Monday, December 03, 2007

An Advent Insight

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I'm pretty religious about taking my weekly day off, which is Monday. I use the term "religious" in all seriousness; I conside...
Sunday, December 02, 2007

San Joaquin On Deck

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Pittsburgh did it. Fort Worth did it. Now it's San Joaquin's turn this coming weekend. But there's more at stake this time, beca...
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Tuesday, November 27, 2007

Long-Hidden Gems: On Revelation and Authority

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Well...I''ll leave it to you whether what follows contains any actual gems. But as I was cleaning out a desk drawer last night I cam...
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