Received tradition, given faithfully

Essays on Anglican faith, received tradition, sacramental life, and the Church’s witness in the world.

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The common cup and common life

The Eucharist is never merely a private act of devotion. It is certainly personal, in the sense that each Christian comes to the Lord’s Table in repentance, faith, hunger, gratitude, and need. No one else can believe…

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Instituting the Church in the world

Much of Christian life is spent inside institutions that are not the Church. We are formed by schools, workplaces, charities, neighborhoods, households, and civic bodies, and we rightly want those places to be ordered…

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