Back in seminary, I took a class from a Jesuit priest on the sacraments. Unknown to me when I registered, this class was mostly intended for Ph.D. students. Of the fifteen or so people in the class, only three of us were M.Div. students. The class was amazing. The readings were hard, but the payoff was huge. I entered the class a High-Church Anglican who believed in the real presence and left and Anglo-Catholic who saw time and space open up around the Holy Table.
Read more...We started a pattern of family prayer back in Advent. Each night after dinner, I’d lead the family in prayer. Oliver (23 months) would listen(-ish) and join in the amens and Rosemary (~4) would chime in with the responses — “Hear our Prayer” — and lead the Lord’s Prayer. Having established a habit of prayer after dinner, I wanted to keep it moving forward even after the Advent calendars were empty and the wreath was put away.
Read more...For the last several years, I’ve been trying to find a short and simple Advent liturgy to do each night around the advent-wreath. The family form of Evening Prayer from the 2019 Prayer Book is good, but it is still a little long for my very young children and still requires me to find short readings for each night. I wanted a resource that was short and simple for my young family, but still retained the character of the daily offices. This Advent I have finally found the perfect resource, The Season of Light by Jay Cormier.
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