What can hallowed ground mean when refuge must remain answerable to truth?
Sleepy Hollow asks what hallowed ground can mean amid concealed violence, grief, and death.
At the Edge of Hallowed GroundQuestions answered by essays
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Explore prayer, Scripture, sacrament, and common life through the journal's published essays.
What does Christian communion require when the church remains divided?
Christ meets unfinished lives at his table and teaches a divided church the patient work of repentance, repair, and hope.
Communion After FragmentationWhat may Anglican parishes learn from Saint Benedict after the English monasteries were suppressed?
Anglican parishes may learn dependable common prayer and shared work from Benedict while recognizing the rupture of the monasteries and the distinct vocation of vowed communities.
The Monastery After the Monasteries: Anglicanism’s Benedictine InheritanceWhy does Christian conversion need beauty, and how can beauty remain truthful?
Aesthetic delight and moral goodness are distinct; Christ’s self-giving glory teaches the church how material forms may help it perceive and love what is good.
The World Seen Again: Why Christian Conversion Needs BeautyCan a broad church make room for disagreement and still confess a recognizable Christian faith?
A shared confession lets a broad church distinguish permitted disagreement from contradiction and explain the faith it teaches at baptism.
Can a Broad Church Still Believe Something?Why does absolution still matter if God already forgives?
The troubled conscience needs more than a general theory of divine mercy.
Why Absolution Still MattersCan a parish teach us to belong with people we did not choose?
The parish forms belonging through worship, shared responsibility, and care for actual neighbors.
The Parish as an Alternative Social ImaginationWhat can creation teach if Christ is the fullness of revelation?
The fullness of Christ need not require contempt for every wisdom learned from creation.
Natural Religion and the Fullness of ChristHow do the sacraments meet us when feeling offers no assurance?
At the font and table, Christ meets distracted bodies through creaturely gifts and a promise steadier than feeling.
The Sacraments in a Disenchanted AgeWhat can the church learn from Kingdomtide?
A former Protestant season helps us receive September within the church’s common life.
When Ordinary Time Turned Toward the KingdomWho reads Scripture faithfully, and can the church possess the Word it receives?
The Bible belongs to the church, and therefore remains free to judge the church.
Scripture in the Church’s HandsWhy does holiness need neighbors?
The Spirit forms persons through the patient life of Christ's body.
Sanctification Is Not a Private AchievementWhy does Anglicanism begin in common prayer?
Anglicanism becomes intelligible as a people learns to address God together.
Why Anglicanism Begins in PrayerDoes Christianity begin with divine gift or human improvement?
The gospel gives Jesus Christ to people exhausted by programs of religious improvement.
Grace Is Not Advice