On Marian Imagination
Doctrine and dogma have consequences for our prayer life, that is, our relationship with God, and how that relationship is concentrated and focused into acts…
Catholic imagination
Archbishop Fisher: “We have no doctrine of our own”
“The Anglican Communion, with its fellowship of Churches, has a special responsibility at this time in the world. We have no doctrine of our own—we…
Homily: “Catholic Imagination”
Delivered at Saint Paul’s, Riverside on the Eleventh Sunday in Ordinary Time 2016 (Proper 6, Year C) [display_podcast] A week ago, after Mass, a group…
What does ‘Remnant’ mean?
When we look at businesses or organizations as a whole, there tends to be a core group within the whole who constitute the “heart.” Not…
Homily: “Living with Marian Awe”
Delivered 19 April 2015 at Saint Paul’s, Riverside, Illinois. [display_podcast] Today continues our Eastertide mystagogy, which this year at Saint Paul’s, Riverside, focuses on the…
Catholic imagination in Holy Week
For Holy Week, two thoughts on what we call today Catholic imagination, or what is also called a sacramental or eucharistic worldview. The first comes from…
On Anglican Ethos, part 1 : an audio lecture
What it is about Anglican patrimony that gives it distinctiveness? What is it about it has made the Anglican Church unique, while still a strong,…
“‘Spiritual but Not Religious’ as Seed of Evangelization: A Personal Tale”
[Note: This article appeared in the 9 September 2012 issue of The Living Church.] Surely enough ink has been spilt about how the claim “I’m spiritual…
Homily: “‘Yes, but How?’ Blessed Mary and Vocation
Delivered on the Fourth Sunday of Advent, 2014 at Saint Paul’s, Riverside, Illinois. [display_podcast] How delicate these last days must have been for Mary—these last…
“The Purple Headed Mountain” is now for sale!
December 16, 2014 marks the return of Martin Thornton’s classic text, The Purple Headed Mountain, to in-print status. Just shy of 53 years after its original printing…