Buddhist Catholic Contemplative Evangelical General Christian Hindu Jewish Latter-day Saint Muslim New Visions Progressive Christian

Beliefs

Topics

Columnists

Resource Library

Research Tools

Video

Podcasts

Thought Readers

Faith In Media Tracker

Newsletters

Ad-Free & Subscriber Log-In Subscription Support

Follow Patheos

The Liturgical Theologian

Home
Evangelical

Discipleship

Select a Category Ascension Asceticism Ash Wednesday Baptism Book Review Church Calendar Creation Care Discipleship Dissertation Easter Eastern Orthodox Eastertide Ecclesiology English Reformation Eucharist Exodus Feast Day Flash Essay Fridays With Fr. Kavanagh Good Friday Guest Post Holy Lent Holy Saturday Kavanagh Language Lessons Lectionary Preaching Liturgical Sense Liturgical Theology Liturgy Maundy Thursday New Testament Studies Ordinary Time Palm Sunday Patriarch Pentecost PhD Poetry Pope Francis Proper Preface Recovery Reflections Reformation Resource Round-Up Ressourcement Resurrection Roman Catholic Church Sacraments Saint Schmemann Sermon Sermon Notes Sobriety St. Mark Sundays With Schmemann The Eucharistic Life The Work of Research Transfiguration Uncategorized Weekend Reading

Select a Month July 2017 June 2017 May 2017 April 2017 March 2017 February 2017 September 2016 August 2016 July 2016 June 2016 April 2016 March 2016 February 2016 January 2016 December 2015 November 2015 October 2015 September 2015 August 2015 July 2015 June 2015 May 2015 April 2015 March 2015 February 2015

July 2017

July 04, 2017

On the Freedom of a Christian

The point of Christian freedom is that we can now choose to subject ourselves to...

July 01, 2017

Your Guide to Weekend Reading – July 1

Many of you have been gone for a good portion of the week at your...

June 2017

June 30, 2017

Apprenticeship and Discipleship

I was reading through posts on my Facebook feed this morning and the word “Apprenticeship”...

June 26, 2017

In Defense of “We Just” Prayers…Partially

We’ve all done it. At one point or another we have each lamented, either privately...

June 21, 2017

There Are No Liturgical Islands

Growing up, I was drawn to the musical and harmonically-inclined geniuses Simon and Garfunkel. I...

February 2017

February 27, 2017

Rite of Passage: A Sonnet

This is a sonnet I penned for the Writer's Guild at our church. The prompt...

July 2016

July 08, 2016

Sent Out in Love – Pentecost 7 Sermon

I have included both the transcript to my sermon and the audio link below. They...

April 2016

April 13, 2016

The Need for Creed

A friend recently shared that a young woman in his parish explained that she hates...

March 2016

March 25, 2016

Holy Mysteries for the Holy People: A Maundy Thursday Sermon

It is quite fortuitous, for me, that I have been able to preach on Ash...

December 2015

December 13, 2015

Eucharist, Eschatology, and Parousia

This post is part of an ongoing series entitled, “Sunday with Schmemann.” If you have...

November 2015

November 09, 2015

Hope, Purity, and Sacrificial Living

(This is a copy of the sermon I preached yesterday on the 24th Sunday after...

October 2015

October 30, 2015

Guest Post – The Grace of Pentecost: the Christian Framework of Regula

This is a post contributed by my friend, Matthew Dallman. Matthew is the Executive Director...

September 2015

September 27, 2015

“The Problem of the Ordo”

This post is part of an ongoing series entitled, “Sunday with Schmemann.” If you have...

September 24, 2015

Surprised by Pope

Pope Francis is currently in the United States for his first papal visit since being...

September 17, 2015

A Pope for All People

Disclaimer: I am not Catholic and I am not trying to convert you to the...

September 15, 2015

The Eucharist and the Communion of the Saints

(This article was written for "The Anglican Digest," Volume 57, No. 3, Fall 2015. It...

September 04, 2015

Fridays With Fr. Kavanagh

Fr. Aidan Kavanagh was a professor at Notre Dame and Yale, a Benedictine monk, and...

September 01, 2015

Stewards of Creation – Day of Prayer for the Care of Creation

(This post was originally posted on this blog on May 1, 2015.) Pope Francis recently...

August 2015

August 26, 2015

“True Religion” – Sermon Notes for Pentecost 14, Proper 17, Year B

If you’re new to my Sermon Notes, you can read about why I prepare...

August 23, 2015

Sundays With Schmemann

My work has been very heavily influenced by Fr. Alexander Schmemann and I think he...

August 16, 2015

Sundays With Schmemann

My work has been very heavily influenced by Fr. Alexander Schmemann and I think he...

August 06, 2015

Assurance, Presence, and Obedience: A Sermon on the Transfiguration

This is the second of two sermons to be posted today in commemoration of the...

August 06, 2015

Live Like You Were Living – A Transfiguration Sermon

Today is the church's celebration of the Feast of the Transfiguration. To commemorate this blessed...

July 2015

July 20, 2015

“Help Me Lord. You’re My Only Hope.”

(This sermon was preached at Epiphany Anglican Church on July 29, 2012 in Mission Viejo,...

June 2015

June 10, 2015

Bold Proclamation and Compassionate Justice – Sermon Notes for Proper 6, Year B

My goal is to have my sermon notes posted a full two weeks in advance....

June 01, 2015

Blessed Be God: Father, Son And Holy Spirit.

Our faith remains Trinitarian in nature even after Trinity Sunday. I found this old sermon...

May 2015

May 28, 2015

A Seminarian’s Sermon for Trinity Sunday

This is a sermon I wrote for Trinity Sunday while still in seminary. The Gospel...

May 18, 2015

“They Were All In One Place” – Sermon Notes, Pentecost Sunday, Year B

If you’re new to my Sermon Notes, you can read about why I prepare them...

May 04, 2015

“I Am Not Asking You To Take Them Out Of The World” – Sermon Notes for Easter 7, Year B

If you’re new to my Sermon Notes, you can read about why I prepare them...

May 01, 2015

Stewards of Creation

“O worship the LORD in the beauty of holiness; let the whole earth stand in...

Related posts from The Liturgical Theologian

Evangelical

Reflections on Communion in One Kind

The Liturgical Theologian

Evangelical

Your Guide to Weekend Reading - July 1

The Liturgical Theologian

Evangelical

Apprenticeship and Discipleship

The Liturgical Theologian

Evangelical

In Defense of "We Just" Prayers...Partially

The Liturgical Theologian

Ad-Free & Subscriber Log-In Subscription Support

Subscription Support Ad-Free & Subscriber Log-In

Follow Patheos