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The Reverend Steven Lanclos / March 13, 2026 The Collect for the Fourth Sunday in Lent Gracious Father, whose blessed Son Jesus Christ came down from heaven to be the true bread which gives life to the world: Evermore give us this bread, that he may live in us, and we in him; who lives and reigns with you and the Holy Spirit, one God, now and for ever. Amen. This collect draws us immediately into the mystery of Jesus’ mission. Jesus Christ came down from heaven for a purpose.

The Reverend Brett L. Hedgepeth The Collect for the Third Sunday in Lent “Heavenly Father, you have made us for yourself, and our hearts are restless until they rest in you: Look with compassion upon the heartfelt desires of your servants, and purify our disordered affections, that we may behold your eternal glory in the face of Christ Jesus; who lives and reigns with you and the Holy Spirit, one God, for ever and ever. Amen.” The ancient prayer of Saint Augustine reaches thr

The Reverend James Pittman / February 25, 2026 The Collect for the Second Sunday in Lent As I prayed and reflected on the collect for this Sunday, I framed it in the overall context of Lent. Lent is the season leading up to the celebration of Jesus’ atoning sacrifice for our sins, His death, burial and resurrection. The shaping of my thoughts through this time has been to examine my own sinfulness and the foundational awareness that Jesus Christ died for me. The prophet Isaia

The Reverend Canon Bates Richmond / February 20, 2026 The Collect for the First Sunday in Lent. Almighty God, whose blessed Son was led by the Spirit to be tempted by Satan: Come quickly to help us who are assaulted by many temptations, and, as you know the weaknesses of each of us, let each one find you mighty to save; through Jesus Christ your Son our Lord, who lives and reigns with you and the Holy Spirit, one God, now and for ever. Amen.                                   

Reverend Joey Odell / February 1, 2026 The Collect for Ash Wednesday: ALMIGHTY and everlasting God, who hatest nothing that thou hast made, and dost forgive the sins of all them that are penitent: Create and make in us new and contrite hearts, that we worthily lamenting our sins, and acknowledging our wretchedness, may obtain of thee, the God of all mercy, perfect remission and forgiveness; through Jesus Christ our Lord. Amen. The Observation and Emphases of “The First Day of

The Venerable Canon Jason Constantine / February 14, 2026 God the Holy Spirit is moving and working powerfully in our ministries.  Sometimes we actually get to see it.     I had a long day and was simply tired.  The thought of pushing off my responsibility to conduct evensong to the chaplain who assists with the Anglican services at Pearl Harbor’s Memorial Chapel tempted me.  Admittedly, I even toyed with the idea of canceling the public service for the night and doing it pri

William Eastman; Friar Order of Saint Cuthbert, Warden Good Shepherd Anglican / December 29, 2025 This was a very curious and unexpected assignment. Although I knew of the story, it is not something that I have drilled down on; considered at best ancillary to the story of Y’Shua. Also, the idea of creating a Chronicle is more than a history recital, perhaps it is also my personal journey to faith starting with the mysterious star over Bethlehem which inspired the Magi (starti

The Reverend Drew von Arx / December 20, 2025 In the season of Christmas, of course we ponder the coming of our Savior. Christmas also reminds us that we live in the time between the coming of our Lord as well as the second, and triumphant coming of our Lord. It is a tension in time between God’s fulfillment of His covenant to the Israelites, and the time in which the New Covenant is fulfilled in the complete, final redemption of the world. Living in this era, we must also ho

The Venerable Stephen Linkous The“Almighty God, you have given your only-begotten Son to take our nature upon him, and to be born this day of a pure virgin: Grant that we, who have been born again and made your children by adoption and grace, may daily be renewed by your Holy Spirit; through Jesus Christ our Lord, to whom with you and the same Spirit be honor and glory, now and for ever. Amen.”   Christmas is not simply the story of a baby born long ago. It is the announcemen

The Venerable Dr. Julie Russell-Crunk / December 19, 2025 As we enter the season of Advent, we prepare for and await the birth of Christ our Savior. We, as Christians, prepare by praying, reading, reflecting and anticipating the miraculous gift of Jesus. This time of preparation and waiting is much like that of expectant parents awaiting the months long anticipated arrival of a child’s birth, much like Mary and Joseph did two thousand years ago. Hope, peace, joy and love are

The Venerable Dan Hardin / December 17, 2025 Advent, in its final week, brings us to the threshold of hope… a hope forged in repentance and waiting. Psalm 130 gives us the voice of a soul standing in that place. It begins: “Out of the deep have I called unto thee, O LORD.” The psalmist does not pretend that all is well; he does not mask his condition behind piety. He speaks from the deep places, the places where sin, sorrow, and limitation press hard. Yet this cry from the d

The Reverend Ben Knoblet / December 13, 2025 “Therefore, also now, saith the Lord, turn ye even to me with all your heart… Blow the trumpet in Zion, sanctify a fast, call a solemn assembly” Joel 2:12-15 KJV To Whom We Must Return: God Alone, with Whole Heart If Advent repentance begins with forsaking sin, its true fulfillment lies in returning to God—usque ad me (“unto me”), as the Lord pleads through Jeremiah (Jer. 3:12). The homily preached before King James at Whitehall by

The Venerable Dan Hardin / December 10, 2025 Our theme this evening is renewal — not as the world understands it, but as the psalmist prays it. “Create in me a clean heart, O God.” Renewal, you see, is not self-improvement; it is God’s re-creation of the heart. We do not mend ourselves. We are made new by the same power that once called light out of darkness. First, the cry for renewal. Psalm 51 is not the prayer of a man seeking only forgiveness, but of one who longs to be c

The Venerable Canon Jason M. Constantine  A few months ago, a dear friend and I were discussing a proposed series of articles highlighting various historical figures in Anglicanism.  The list was filled with Caroline Divines and even modern figures like C. S. Lewis.  To expand the list of figures beyond the generally expected, I proposed an article featuring John Myrk (or Jon Mirk, or John Myrc, etc.. ).  Fr. Myrk was a late 14 th , early 15 th century priest from Shopshire,

The Reverend Ben Knoblet / December 6, 2025 “Yea, the stork in the heaven knoweth her appointed times; and the turtle and the crane and the swallow observe the time of their coming; but my people know not the judgment of the Lord.” Jerimiah 8:7 KJV Advent marks the “now” of turning—a sacred summons to repentance in light of Christ’s first coming and in anticipation of His second. As Scripture declares, “repentance for the forgiveness of sins should be proclaimed in his name t

The Reverend Joey Odell / December 5, 2025 BLESSED Lord, who hast caused all holy Scriptures to be written for our learning; Grant that we may in such wise hear them, read, mark, learn, and inwardly digest them, that by patience and comfort of thy holy Word, we may embrace, and ever hold fast, the blessed hope of everlasting life, which thou hast given us in our Saviour Jesus Christ. Amen. The collect for the second week of Advent seems a strange fit - not just for contempora

The Venerable Dan Hardin Our theme this evening is The Blessedness of the Forgiven. Forgiveness is not a theory; it is an experience. Psalm 32 gives us the journey — from silence and misery, to confession, and finally to the deep joy of restoration. “When I kept silent,” says the psalmist, “my bones wasted away through my groaning all the day long.” Sin has a weight. When we withhold confession, when pride or fear closes our lips, the soul begins to feel the burden of the wei

The Reverend Canon Stephen Linkous /November 29, 2025 We light that first Advent candle and say the word—Hope. But let me ask you something: What are we really talking about here? Because if we’re honest with each other, most of what we call hope is really just wishful thinking dressed up in religious language. You know what I mean. We hope the diagnosis comes back better than expected. We hope the difficult conversation goes well. We hope next year brings some relief. And un

ARCHDEACON DAN HARDIN / NOVEMBER 25, 2025 Archdeacon Dan Hardin has been Chaplain for more than 30 years and serves as Assisting Priest at St Francis Anglican Parish in Sanford, North Carolina. Advent begins with a jolt — the Lord calls His people to rise from spiritual drowsiness and face Him with clear eyes and an honest heart. Psalm 6 places us right at that threshold. It is the prayer not of the proud or the self-assured, but of one who finally sees the truth about his ow

The Venerable Canon Jason Constantine / November 16, 2025 A cursory glance through almost any edition of the Book of Common Prayer  will reveal two tid-bits of insight into Anglicans.  First, we prefer our liturgy to be in English.  Second, we prefer the titles of our liturgy’s subsections to be in Latin.  There’s just something about Latin that Anglicans still love even after nearly 500 years of liturgy in the English language.  If you ask my parishioners, or any of my child

Bp Marshall MacClellan / October 20, 2025 October 23 is the Feast Day of St. James the Just. A feast day of any saint is an opportunity to reflect on the mighty transformation of a struggling, confused sinner into a faithful, inspirational holy example of Christ. If we do an honest work of Biblical and sacred tradition research on St. James (Iakobos , “Jacob” in Greek and Hebrew) we find the same wonderful message. James the struggling, confused sinner. Both Gospels Matthew a

R Rev. Andrew Brashier / September 29, 2025 This entry is part 49 of 49 in the series A Walk in the Ancient Western Lectionary The...

Rev. Andrew Brashier / September 22,2025 Feast of St. Matthew St. Matthew’s calling is a beautiful display of God’s love for each human...

Rev. Andrew Brashier /September 15, 2025 The Thirteenth Sunday after Trinity Almighty Father, who dost give The gift of life to all who...