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The Word of Grace
Grace Is Not Advice
The church does not gather merely to be told what the good life requires. It gathers to hear what God has done in Jesus Christ and to receive that gift again.
Read the essayPrayer · Scripture · Sacrament · Common Life
Gathering treasures from the Anglican inheritance for the church today.
Cross & Collect is an Anglican journal exploring common prayer, Scripture, sacrament, theology, art, and Christian life. It receives this inheritance as a gift to examine with gratitude, honesty, and curiosity, then to share without defensiveness.
The work of the journal
To receive what has been handed down, attend to it with care, and offer it again for the common life.
On the calendar
The weeks ahead
Folio previewCommon Prayer
Why Anglicanism Begins in Prayer
Anglicanism is not first a theory to be mastered. It is a form of Christian life learned by addressing God together.
Coming August 9Under the Cross
The Hiddenness of God in an Age of Spiritual Performance
Coming August 16Created for Communion
Sanctification Is Not a Private Achievement
Coming August 23The shape of the journal
Six recurring conversations.
Places to explore Anglican prayer and theology alongside the voices, histories, and questions that continue to shape them.
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Common Prayer
Liturgy, sacrament, and the Christian year
02The Word of Grace
Scripture, preaching, and justification
03Under the Cross
Suffering, hiddenness, and divine action
04Created for Communion
Formation, relationship, and common life
05Church and World
Culture, science, politics, and moral theology
06Inheritance and Renewal
Voices, practices, and histories handed down
About the journal
An inheritance to receive, question, and share.
Cross & Collect publishes essays about the church's life, questions, and practices. It is written from within Nicene Christianity and the Anglican tradition while remaining open to gifts, cautions, and insights from across the church.
A letter from the journal