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On the Requiem, Part I

November 1, 2017

A look at the history and theology behind this popular observance

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In Liturgy, Music Tags Departed, Rite, Chant

The Day of Pentecost

June 5, 2017

Pentecost is nothing less than the renewal of all creation

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In Liturgy Tags Holy Spirit, Kalendar, Agricultural festivals

On translating the Te Deum

April 3, 2017

Exploring the history and difficulties of reducing this Latin hymn to English

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In Liturgy Tags Translation, Typography

Confession, absolution, and repentance

March 23, 2017

A look at the Prayer Book forms and their implications

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In Liturgy Tags Lent, Repentance

Concluding hymns and ‘processions’

March 21, 2017

A look at the rubrics and implications of hymns at the end of Mass

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In Liturgy, Music Tags Processions, Hymns, Rite

4'33" and liturgical music

January 29, 2017

Cage, Satie, and music as furniture

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In Liturgy, Music Tags Chant

4'33" and the liturgy

January 28, 2017

On silence and clarity

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In Liturgy, Music

The tenth of November

November 14, 2016

Looking for light in dark days

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In Society Tags World

Processions, litanies, entrances, and their music

November 4, 2016

Proper forms and purposes

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In Liturgy Tags Chant, Processions, Litanies

Medd on the Eucharist

October 19, 2016

Helpful yet challenging commentary from Blunt’s Annotated Prayer Book

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In Liturgy Tags Eucharist

O Lord, arise, help us

September 11, 2016

The Supplication and September 11

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In Liturgy Tags Chant, Litanies, Processions, Rite

Letter and Spirit

August 28, 2016

Orality, literacy, the word, and the Word

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Tags Scripture

Prayer Book revision: Service of Light

July 24, 2016

Thoughts on the ritual and musical provisions for this attractive ceremony

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In Liturgy Tags Rite, Daily Office, Chant

What is the Book of Common Prayer?

July 13, 2016

The title page tells us what it is and has been, and prompts us to ask what it should and will be

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In Liturgy Tags Liturgical books, Anglicanism

‘Independence’ Day

July 4, 2016

Church, State, land, people

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In Society Tags World

Juneteenth

June 19, 2016

Equality, unity, true identity, belonging, and healing is already being fulfilled in Christ

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In Society Tags World

‘Culturally relevant’ liturgy

May 24, 2016

Tradition, not culture at large, is concentrated and rehearsed in the liturgy

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In Church, Liturgy Tags Church

Hymns of Christopher Wordsworth

April 18, 2016

A doxological, doctrinal, ecclesial, and liturgical companion to the Prayer Book

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In Liturgy Tags Hymns

Tenebrae

March 23, 2016

Matins and Lauds of the Triduum

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In Liturgy, Music Tags Daily Office, Holy Week, Rite

Crux fidelis

March 21, 2016

Considering Fortunatus’s great hymn on the Cross

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In Liturgy Tags Holy Week, Hymns, Translation
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