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Who is Jesus? This is a question that can take a sentence to answer or entire libraries' worth to barely scratch the surface of. Join us today as I attempt an hous-long approach.

We go live at 2:30 pm Hawai'i time. Catch us anytime after.

#Jesus #Christianity #Anglican #Episcopal #Church #theology #spirituality

https://www.youtube.com/live/yJAuacc_PvY

Edward Stillingfleet, an Anglican minister, notes that the early church used its growing resources to build hospitals for the homeless poor—treating this not as politics, but as a duty of religion. Care for the sick and displaced was part of Christian obedience. How do we receive those who cannot house themselves?

#ChurchHistory #MercyInPractice #CostlyCharity #anglican #christian

EDWARD STILLINGFLEET (1635-1699) "SERMON XIX. Of Protestant Charity" ... but still as the Church increased in Riches by the free and large oblations of the People ; so greater care was taken for the erecting Hospitals for the reception of the Poor, who could provide no habitation for themselves; and this was then always looked on as a particular concernment of Religion, and not as a mere political Constitution."

Priest protests during election of archbishop of Canterbury

By Jon Brown, Christian Post Reporter Thursday, January 29, 2026Quick SummaryAI SummaryA priest was removed from the election…
#NewsBeep #News #Headlines #Anglican #ChurchofEngland #SarahMullally #UnitedKingdom #World
https://www.newsbeep.com/378910/

Robert Hawker, an evangelical Anglican preacher, notes that seeing a stranger should melt the heart—a reflex Moses required and Job practiced. Hawker says this tenderness isn’t sentimentality but grace. Which raises the awkward question: what are evangelicals teaching children now—hospitality, or how to step over people politely? How do you keep your heart from freezing shut?

#christian #evangelical #anglican #immigration #MeltDontHarden #HospitalityIsHoliness #RememberYouWereStrangers

Black background quote card featuring a painted portrait of Robert Hawker (1753–1827), evangelical Anglican preacher. The text quotes Hawker reflecting on seeing a stranger and remembering one’s own vulnerability, echoing Moses and Job’s call to hospitality—opening one’s door so the traveler does not sleep in the street.

26 Jan 1593: Richard Hooker contracts with a printer for his Laws of Ecclesiastical Polity #otd - a major component of what would become an #Anglican tradition.

The church, Lydney, England between ca. 1890 and ca. 1900. Views of the British Isles England Lydney

#Lydney #England #English #Anglican #GothicRevival #LydneyChurch #photography #historicalPhotos #photochrom

https://www.loc.gov/pictures/item/2002697002/

The image depicts a serene and historic churchyard in what appears to be an English village. A large, imposing Anglican church with a tall spire dominates the scene. Its architecture suggests it is from several centuries ago, featuring pointed arch windows typical of Gothic Revival style buildings common in rural England during that period.

Surrounding the church are numerous gravestones and monuments, indicating this area has been used for burials over many years. The gravestones vary greatly in size and design but most have text inscribed on them likely denoting deceased individuals with their names, dates of birth and death, often including any titles or religious affiliations.

The church is set within a lush green graveyard that's well-kept yet imbued with history. Various trees dot the landscape around it, some casting shadows which indicate this photo was taken in daylight hours on a bright day given its overall illumination.

There are no visible people in the image; however, one can imagine the solemnity and reflection such an environment might evoke for visitors or locals passing by. The colors of the photograph seem faded over time, suggesting that it is indeed quite old - likely from between ca. 1890 to ca. 1900.

Further information about this image including its source indicates that it was printed in a photochrom process on card stock and titled "Lydney Church."

The Stations Of The Cross: Think Upon These Things https://a.co/d/5i85cIx #Amazon #books #episcopal #religion #anglican #jesus

Good and evil
A #poetry thread

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There are nine empty niches
on DC’s Gothic cathedral.
Let us pray, hold onto wishes
they won’t be filled by further evil.

Eight martyrs more — still unnamed saints —
to join a good mother in her car
who turned a wheel, to flee, not feint,
three icy bullets, au revoir.

🧵👇🏼

#poem #poemaday #church #cathedral #episcopal #anglican #monochrome #blackandwhite #photography

👁️ A view of the west portal of a neo-Gothic cathedral with nine empty niches for statues of saints, typically of martyrs. The tympanum traditionally would show Judgment Day, but the architects chose to represent Creation instead
📍 National Cathedral (Episcopal Diocese of Washington), Washington, DC
📅 30 Jul 2021
📸 Nikon D5600
⚪️ Nikkor DX 18-55 mm ƒ3.5-5.6 (Kit)
🎞️ ISO 100, 27 mm, ƒ3.5, 1/640s

So my piece on the Holy Innocents a few weeks or so back garnered a little bit of discussion. So I figured it was worthwhile to follow that up with a longer essay on the nature of Truth in scripture that, I hope, will help enrich folks' appreciation of the Bible.

https://catecheticconverter.com/deeper-than-fact-on-fiction-and-truth-in-scripture

#Bible #Episcopal #Anglican #Church #Christianity #Theology #Spirituality #ImABelieverInTheIdeaThatFactOrFictionWasSomethingRikerDidOnTheHolodeckForFun

Today, after a long hiatus, we take a look at #Epiphany and all the things associated with that.

We go live at 2:15 Hawai'i time, but can be viewed any time after that!

https://www.youtube.com/live/0zwdDNZtkhw

#Episcopal #Church #Christian #Jesus #theology #Anglican #Spirituality

William Burkitt, #Anglican vicar, says Colossians tells us to put on mercy like clothing—visible compassion you feel right in your “bowels,” which thankfully meant kindness back then, not digestive trouble. Awkward, because people can see it. Today we act as if holiness and mercy clash, choosing irritation instead. Burkitt says mercy isn’t optional—it’s the outfit.

#christian #mercy #lovethyneighbor #verseoftheday

WILLIAM BURKITT (1650-1703) Expository Notes on New Testament "Put on bowels of mercy; they who have put on and are clothed with garments of holiness, will also put on bowels of mercy as a garment."

fun spare time project – enabling pastoral care in parishes by sending emails when government warnings are issued within them. half a dozen clergy in my Diocese have signed up already.

use case: say there's a fire in my part-rural parish. I am alerted, and am able to provide care 😊

https://beacon.theol.au

#anglican #episcopal #digitalmission

Suspended ACNA Bishop Founds Breakaway Church - The Living Church
https://livingchurch.org/news/suspended-acna-bishop-founds-breakaway-church/
This is very inside-baseball but people interested in the (so-called) Continuing Anglican movement might enjoy this article. #Anglican #Episcopal

On the fifth day of #Christmas my true love gave to me... the commemoration of a man who should probably be the patron saint of England: Saint Thomas of Canterbury.

https://catecheticconverter.com/on-saint-thomas-of-canterbury

#Church #England #Episcopal #Anglican #Christian #Theology #History

1810 in Canada
#CanadianHistory

An #Anglican minister in Nova Scotia says many of his parishoners "do not consider themselves members of the Church," and that a #Baptist preacher has drawn some away

https://babel.hathitrust.org/cgi/pt?id=aeu.ark:/13960/t21c35x55&seq=42
pgs. 37–8

#NovaScotiaHistory #Baptists

See also: Anglicanism in Canada - Missions
https://thecanadianencyclopedia.ca/en/article/anglicanism

O gracious light,
pure brightness of the everliving Father in heaven,
O Jesus Christ, holy and blessed!

Now as we come to the setting of the sun,
and our eyes behold the vesper light,
we sing your praises, O God: Father, Son, and Holy Spirit.

You are worthy at all times to be praised by happy voices,
O Son of God, O Giver of Life,
and to be glorified through all the worlds.

(Episcopal Book of Common Prayer 1979, p. 118)

#PhosHilaron #OGraciousLight #Episcopal #Anglican #EveningPrayer #BCP #Prayer #Sunset #CitySkyline #DenverSkyline

Sun setting behind a city skyline, clouds turning pink in the light.

“Mary, as Taylor oft confessed, is the God-bearer. But she is the God-bearer precisely because Israel's hopes are fulfilled, because the longings of prophets, priests, and kings over centuries have to come to pass in the Child she carries, because she is ‘the mother of the Messias.’”

#BlessedMary #MarianPiety #Advent #JeremyTaylor #Anglicanism #Anglican #Episcopal #EpicopalChurch #ProtestantMarianPiety #AnglicanMarianPiety #GodBearer #Messiah

http://laudablepractice.blogspot.com/2025/12/a-full-measure-of-honour-jeremy-taylor.html

At St Paul's Cathedral Melbourne for the installation of The Right Revd Dr Ric Thorpe as Archbishop of Melbourne. This marks a significant moment for Anglicans across Victoria as we welcome our new Archbishop and on Advent Sunday. The installation of an Archbishop is a act of apostolic succession, connecting our local church to the ancient tradition of bishops shepherding God's people. As Archbishop Thorpe takes on this responsibility,I pray for wisdom and grace in his leadership of our diocese and province. Today I witness continuity and renewal in the life of the Church.

#Anglican #ArchbishopThorpe #StPaulsCathedral #Melbourne #AdventSunday #ChurchOfEngland #AnglicansOfMastodon #DioceseMelbourne

John Tillotson, an #Anglican Archbishop, considers the story of Lazarus (Luke 16:19-31). He concludes that uncharitableness and unmercifulness must be the reason for the rich man’s damnation. He took no care out of his superfluity to relieve this poor man laying at his gate.

If this used to be thought of as a great and damning sin, why do we now disciple a new convert to defend the status quo before, if ever, we teach this point?

How can you be merciful and charitable?
#christian #liberty #god

JOHN TILLOTSON (1630-1694) SERMON CXXV "First, I observe that uncharitableness and un-mercifulness to the poor, is a great and damning sin. We find no other fault imputed to the rich man [Luke 16] but this, that he took no care out of his superfluity and abundance to relieve this poor man that lay at his gate."

This is an honest personal post. Please don't attack me or ridicule my faith, gender or sexuality. I'm not censoring anyone, just asking you to remember we are all individuals with unique imperfections. There's a human being writing this post. ❤️

I had a relatively good day, so I just went with it and put up my Christmas Tree. This was the first time in a decade I put up Christmas decorations. I haven't been in a good place mentally for a couple of decades really, and didn't have any decorations to put up until I bought them last year. But I've taken steps recently to change my life in the most fundamental way. And I'm regaining a little of the faith I thought was gone forever.

I'm trans and nonbinary. I can't help thinking many cisgender folk seem to feel it's everything I am. It isn't. And I'm certain that applies to every other trans and nonbinary person in the world. We contain multitudes y'all.

Political organisations and religions aren't kind to trans folk. Whilst politics are okay with sexual diversity, not so much gender diversity. Some religions aren't great with the LGBTQ community as a whole, whilst others are more welcoming.

My local Roman Catholic parish priest didn't want to reply to my email when I asked for a meet up as I felt I'd be attacked if I attended Mass for the first time in my local church. I wanted them to give me some reassurance. Instead, they abandoned me. That's not indicative of the Catholic Church as a whole, but my local parish priest and the people who attend that church is an incredibly important relationship for us.

There's an Anglican Church literally opposite so I'm hoping to attend in December and go from there. Their website says they're "welcoming".

I need to return to church like I need fresh air to breathe. I always found prayer difficult as I find it difficult to concentrate. I always found prayer difficult as I find relationships difficult.

I will be starting hormone therapy soon so my appearance will start changing. I'm not sure if I want to wait a year to return to church. One can return to God at any time, in fact, that's a prerequisite for attending church. But relationships with fellow Christians in our community are as important as our relationship with God. We need a parish that's welcoming.

Much love to the neurodiverse LGBTQ Christian community.

Merry Christmas. ✝️ 🏳️‍🌈 🏳️‍⚧️ :AuNB:

#christmas #christmastree #christianity #catholic #anglican #lgbtq #trans #nonbinary #neurodivergent

#Anglican

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