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Allein Gott in der Höh sei Ehr

April 5, 2015

The origins of this Easter Gloria paraphrase, first sung on this date in 1523

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In Liturgy, Music Tags Anglicanism, Chant, Easter, Hymns, Translation, Printing & Publishing

We would see Jesus

March 28, 2015

Looking high and low for the divine Presence

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In Liturgy Tags Kenosis, Lent, Transfiguration

...not to condemn mankind

March 15, 2015

The early Christian source of this fine Bland Tucker hymn

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In Liturgy, Music Tags Hymns, Printing & Publishing

On the Way

March 8, 2015

Psalm 19 connects the creating, redeeming, and sustaining aspects of the divine

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In Liturgy Tags Creation, Incarnation, Psalms, Kenosis, Repentance

The Sacrifice of Praise

January 30, 2015

The full text and real import of Pierpoint’s ‘For the beauty of the earth’

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In Liturgy Tags Eucharist, Hymns

Welcome to Church Music

January 28, 2015

A forthcoming book from Church Publishing is sadly riddled with half-truths and errors

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In Music, Church Tags Reviews, Printing & Publishing

Repent, for the Kingdom of God is at hand

January 10, 2015

We cannot create, destroy, or bring about, but rather only discover, the Kingdom

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In Church, Society Tags Repentance, Kingdom, World

The Flight into Egypt

January 5, 2015

Christ’s coming into the world was and always is a threat to worldly power

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In Liturgy Tags Kalendar

Come, ye blessed of my Father

November 23, 2014

Seeking signs of the Kingdom in the pre-Advent season

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Tags Advent, Kingdom, Saints

The Lord is glorious in his saints

October 28, 2014

Baptism on All Saints’ Day reminds us that it is baptism into the Communion of Saints

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In Liturgy Tags Saints, Departed, Kalendar

The Exaltation of the Holy Cross

September 14, 2014

Connecting Holy Cross Day, the Transfiguration, and the Feast of Tabernacles

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In Liturgy Tags Advent, Agricultural festivals, Holy Week, Hymns, Kalendar, Kenosis

Glorious things of thee are spoken

August 25, 2014

Connecting Newton’s fine hymn to the Transfiguration, Holy Cross Day, and Sukkoth

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In Liturgy, Music Tags Advent, Agricultural festivals, Heaven, Eucharist, Hymns, Kenosis, Transfiguration

The Transfiguration

August 6, 2014

Connecting this feast to its Jewish forebear

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In Liturgy Tags Agricultural festivals, Theosis, Kalendar, Transfiguration

Lammas Day

August 1, 2014

Harvest, food, and the Bread of Life

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In Liturgy Tags Agricultural festivals, Eucharist, Kalendar, Ceremonies

Citizens of the one everlasting city

July 16, 2014

On violence and vision

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In Society Tags Scripture, World

Discerning the Body

June 19, 2014

Focusing on Christ’s Presence in the Sacrament – and finding it elsewhere

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In Liturgy Tags Eucharist, Church, Hymns

On Holy Baptism

May 28, 2014

What might it mean to be called ‘children of God’?

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In Church Tags Baptism, Sacraments

The wounded side of Christ

May 3, 2014

Exploring the rich symbolism of this image

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In Liturgy Tags Easter, Eucharist, Iconography, Saints, Holy Week

The Presence of Christ

April 28, 2014

The Second Sunday of Easter

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In Liturgy Tags Easter, Eucharist, Sacraments

Ye choirs of new Jerusalem

April 22, 2014

Understanding the symbolism in this Easter Office hymn

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In Liturgy, Music Tags Choral literature, Departed, Easter, Hymns, Heaven
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