Gloriana's Court - the Anchorhold

I'm writing this on the eve of Gaudete Sunday. Many of my Facebook Friends are clergy in the United States, and a number of them, in the...

There are particular disadvantages in having been a student in a Catholic (women's) college, a church professional, and an attendee at m...

Christianity is very simple. All it requires is a memory and a vision; and, if you can get them, some bread, and wine, and water. - Kenneth ...

I'm breaking a rule today in sharing a personal struggle of my own - this only because I'm sure I'm not alone, but those of us t...

Much as I would have loved to attend a glorious festal Eucharist today, I seem to be coming down with a cold, so I settled for a 'said...

"Scholars have long drawn attention to the contrast between the early Christian invocation maranatha and the mediaeval Dies Irae . In t...

My tendency to the wry and ironic has two 'side effects' for those who are not ones for either. Some of my best jokes lead to others...

My last post was a mixture of genuine viewpoints and exaggeration, as I hope was obvious. Yet I was seeking to make a few points I do find c...

It constantly amazes me that books I have studied in recent years, articles by noted authors, sermons by the learned, and so forth often are...

Two unrelated areas in recent weeks prompted me to explore this theme. In a discussion of theological works, it occurred to me that it's...

Happy New Decade, my friends. Winter is a horrid time for me - the cold and darkness already seem as if they have been persistent for the pa...

I'd not intended to write an irritable post - but, with Duns Scotus on my mind (as I'll briefly explain in a moment), let's just...

My regulars (assuming such exist) will be aware that one of my pursuits is reviewing books, pre-publication, for Amazon. Handing One Another...

The difficulty with maintaining a blog for years is that one feels one is repeating oneself, and wonders whether one has anything worthwhile...