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July 2017

July 12, 2017

Reflections on Communion in One Kind

Perhaps it’s just me and my upbringing in northern Virginia, but I can distinctly remember...

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 28, 2017

Liturgical Muggles and Losing the Sacramental Imagination

Our imaginations, our sense of awe and wonder, our belief in the movement and action...

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...

January 2016

January 08, 2016

Guest Post: Bruce Morrill on the Second Vatican Council

This piece was written by Dr. Bruce Morill of Vanderbilt University for another website. Dr....

December 2015

December 19, 2015

The Plurality of Christ’s Presence in the Eucharist

Introduction The question of Christ’s presence or location in the Eucharist is common among theologians...

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 20, 2015

We Are Not Worthy: A Response to Kelly Pigott

A troubling (to me) blog post has been going around over the last few weeks...

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 25, 2015

The Paradoxical and Inversionary Nature of the Church

This post is a continuation of my weekly series, “Fridays with Fr. Kavanagh.” You can...

September 21, 2015

Book Review: The Church in Act

Earlier this year, Fortress Press released a new book by distinguished liturgiologist, Maxwell Johnson. For...

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 06, 2015

Sundays with Schmemann

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

August 2015

August 31, 2015

Telling Stories

Jet, our three-and-a-half-year old, has been really interested in family stories lately. To be more...

August 30, 2015

Sundays With Schmemann

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

August 28, 2015

Fridays With Fr. Kavanagh – Inaugural Post

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

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 09, 2015

Sundays With Schmemann

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

August 02, 2015

Sundays with Schmemann

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

May 2015

May 20, 2015

Liturgical Sense: A Series

“Liturgical Sense” is a new series on this blog and will feature weekly installments. The...

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