The Tinfoil Kingdom of Lust
By Gavin+ Pate | | Celebrate, Spiritual Growth | Genesis 2:25, Lent, lust, sins, Text
People are hungry for intimacy, to be loved and to feel alive. We are grabbing for anything that comes close.
Between Two Traditions: Anglican Views on Holy Communion
By Gavin+ Pate | | Sacraments, Spiritual Growth | Holy Communion, Roman Catholic, Text
In the Anglican Communion, Holy Communion is both an encouragement to the journeying Christian and a celebration of the communion each Christian has with the Trinitarian God we worship, as well as with one another.
(Extra)Ordinary Time
By Guest | | Spiritual Growth | 2 Tim. 4:2, Anglicanism, Church Calendar, Col. 1:17, Dan. 9:20-23, Ordinary Time, Text
Ordinary Time refers to the days between the Feast of the Epiphany and Ash Wednesday, as well as the “ordinal" (numbered) weeks of Pentecost after Trinity Sunday.
Seeing the Light: An Invitation to Epiphany
By Guest | | Spiritual Growth | Epiphany, Matt. 2:2-3, Text
In the season of Epiphany, the Church is called to be the light of the world as we make Christ manifest in our lives and communities. We are called to consider the ramifications of this manifestation
Two Things You Should Know About Planting an Anglican Church
By Guest | | Church Planting, Leadership | Anglicanism, Text, three streams
God is on the move in our generation, and in His sovereign will has allowed The Mission to serve a significant role in helping the cynical, worn-out and despairing among us—providing a place for the lost to find profound meaning and life in the shadow of God's Word, the mystery of the Sacraments and the presence of the Holy Spirit.
Spiritual Gifts: A Missional Exercise in Grace and Dependence
By Guest | | Faith Formation, Spirit, Spiritual Growth | Holy Spirit, Spiritual Gifts, Text
As we discern Spiritual gifts together, we are cultivating a culture of sensitive listeners (to ourselves and one another) and confident practitioners. In this way we become less of a community of religious consumers, and more of a community empowered to participate in God’s work in us and through us.
Advent as Holy Hunger
By Chris+ Myers | | Celebrate, Spiritual Growth | Advent, Anglicanism, Church Calendar, Church year, Text
Advent is a season for such holy hunger. Advent, this time when we as the Church inhabit Christ's first coming as a way to look forward to his second, names that hunger and in some sense gives us a taste of what it might feel like to be truly satisfied.
How I Found Myself in The Confession
By Lucas Damoff | | Faith Formation, Sacraments, Spiritual Growth | Text, The Confession
God doesn’t hate sin because sin is bad for Him. Sin grieves God because it is His creatures willfully turning away from that perfect love, and toward their own destruction.
The Real Reason We Pass the Peace
By Lucas Damoff | | Spiritual Growth, Worship | Anglicanism, Text, The Peace
The peace that Christ gives is richer, deeper and eternal. Ultimately, it is a peace that comes alongside the gift of the Holy Spirit, which means it is a peace that comes from being united into the immutable peace of God Himself. So even while we wait for the fullness that will come with His return, we have the deposit that guarantees it.
What’s So Special About the Creeds, Anyway?
By Guest | | Spiritual Growth, Worship | ancient faith, ancient-future faith, Anglicanism, creeds, Text
In The Anglican Mission, we see the historic creeds as our sure guide, both to modern faith and practice, but also to the historic faith of the catholic, apostolic church.