Emergent — emerging — emergence worship fascinates me, though I’m never quite sure how much it represents an act of retrieval, how much a creative appropriation and inculturation of liturgy, and how much the idiosyncratic whims of communities. . . .
Read moreAuthor: Cody C. Unterseher
Vigil Postgame II — The Episcopalian Perspective
Following up on Fritz’s post below, the resident Episcopalian shares some thoughts about the Great Vigil.
Read moreGiving Himself Away
A homily for the Evening Liturgy of the Lord’s Supper.
Read moreWhat Color is Your Lent?
The idea was, of course, Scriptural: sackcloth and ashes, the vesture of penance. The effect was a fading out of the ornate, a blending in with the surrounding stone or plasterwork. The Lenten White did not contrast as would violet; rather it simplified, made plain and austere, vesting the season in the color (or lack thereof) of its virtue.
Read moreTheologies of Worship in the Ritualism Controversy (or: Of Studies, Liturgical Part VI)
Here’s a mixed-and-matched topic that crosses the areas of Liturgical Theology, Modern Liturgical History and Anglican Studies.
Read more“Cathedral” or “Monastic?” (or: Of Studies, Liturgical, Part V)
Comprehensive exams are just around the corner! In the next few weeks, I’ll be wrapping up my reading, and posting the remaining topics for your perusal.
Read moreThirteenth-Century Development of Corpus Christi (or: Of Studies, Liturgical, Part IV)
Another topic from the author’s Ph.D. candidacy examinations preparation.
Read moreIn Memoriam Gerre Hancock (1934-2012)
Gerre Hancock, one of the most acclaimed and accomplished organists and choral directors in the service of the Church, has died at the age of 77.
Read moreWhat makes “Anglican Chant” Anglican?
An e-mail question from one of our readers (?) earlier today. . .
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