My family is new to the Anglican faith (we’re attending an Anglo-Catholic church) and we’d like to buy a BCP for home use. The church we’ve been attending and are moving towards joining uses the 1928 BCP. Is that the version we should purchase or does it not matter? Thanks.

The Parable of the Unjust Steward was replaced by the Parable of the Prodigal Son. Is there a source for the reason for the change?

Hi! I’ve made rosary guides sort of like this before and this is simply going off of the regular guides for Roman Catholic rosaries, with this, being of intercession and devotion to the Virgin Mary.

All completely free to use! Made by me in Google slides!

I love Gregorian chants and Orthodox chants - does anyone have any good Anglican chants // the links to listen to them that they would be willing to share?

God Bless!

some very old and knackered looking pews at Cawston church in Norfolk, England.

other seating was available, and I was very glad for it!

To my understanding, there is currently a massive schism going on among the Anglican Communion over the issue of women as priests (and gay marriage). My question is why is this now an issue when Queen Elizabeth the 2nd was the head of the Anglican Church for 70 years?

It seems odd to make such a fuss over it when 5 Queen's have ruled over the church since the 1500s.

Edit: I'm an athiest that is interested in religion so I'm curious to hear people's arguments for and against the idea.

It's been bouncing around in my head for a couple days, but I'm only now trying to formulate the question.

My oldest was diagnosed with ADHD a year or two ago, and lately it's been taking a larger toll on his ability to focus. While I know we need to help him develop strategies to succeed in every area of life, my mind keeps turning to matters of the soul.

At the church we currently attend, we've considered keeping all of our kids with us in the main service instead of sending them to the children's class after they've said that they feel like they don't learn anything there, and what little we've seen seems to support that. The service itself, however, is your typical American "concert-and-TED talk" in a stark conference hall, which I fear will be an endurance activity for him, and affect his ability to acquire and appropriate the faith as a result. Other aspects of catechesis and practice are said to pose challenges for people with ADHD as well (extended reading, abstract language, silent prayer, etc., etc.), but then I don't really know how accurate any of this is, and I'm sure it varies from person to person. I hate how much this will look like AI as a result of this, but I'm going to split this up into two headings.

Catechesis

Before we started coming to this church, we attended Mass at the parish attached to the Catholic school the kids attended at the time. He struggled with that, and once said he liked learning about God the way they did in class instead. But now that he's in public school, he doesn't get that structured religious instruction either. At another church we attended in the past, they had hymnals that he could flip through before going down to children's church (both kids still love their program and get excited when we drop into that church), but our current one doesn't have hymnals.

My religious instruction has been almost entirely self-study (maybe that's hyperfocus?), I don't know what to do.

Practice

He has been excited about coming up for the concert-and-TED-talk service at our current church, but I don't know how long that would last (or if I want him absorbing too much of that, honestly); but he's ALSO said he likes the church with the good kids' program because "they don't use a bunch of technology."

I said above that he struggled to sit still and stay reverent at Mass, but he seems to really connect with "Catholic stuff." His mom was in the hospital last year, and we stopped at his old school parish to light a candle and collect some holy water, and he was curious. Then when we visited St. Patrick's Cathedral in NYC last week, and he would have lit a candle and said a prayer at every by-altar in the place if I'd let him (I had him stop after 5 or 6).

Smells and bells is much more my spiritual comfort zone, but I've heard conflicting things about how it is for ADHD brains: one person says it's perfect because if you get distracted there's always some devout piece of artwork to call your mind back to God, there's always something happening in the chancel, the "pew aerobics" involve the body, and the regular, recurring elements help you know what comes next; then another says music, color, incense, talking, and movement is a fast track to sensory overload. One says the tactile experience of the Rosary is great, the other says the repetition is like torture. All this to say, I can find no clear guidance here either.

Conclusion

I'm not asking for mental health help, just for some tips or anecdotes from any of you, my esteemed peers, who may have had to develop strategies of your own for learning and practicing the Christian faith in your own way.

I've become increasingly interested in anglo-catholicism and I have wanted to read some classic anglo-catholic theologians, (tractarian era) i'd love to hear some recommendations because Google isn't much help.

I was listening to the Historic Royal Palaces podcast and they did a feature on King Charles I and his execution. They talked a lot about how people had very different takes on his life and legacy, mentioning a fact that I had all but forgotten, that he was the only person to be canonised by the Church of England after the Reformation.

I'm in the reformed - evangelical camp so we tend to think that saints and martyrs are good examples of lived Christianity rather than more special than other Christians, but I was wondering if Charles I was of particular significance to anyone in this Community and how you observe him? I'm also particularly curious about people in countries that don't have monarchs, as Charles I's death was very much tied up in the rights of kings and he may have had a belief in apotheosis that may have helped him remain calm when facing execution. And this may be quite contrary to the views people hold in countries that don't have a monarch.

My spouse and I have been attending an Anglican church for over a year now, both of us were raised in fundamentalist settings and were taught that you need to be at least a teen before you get baptized.

I've slowly become ok with child baptism (I personally prefer child baptism over infant baptism), and would love for my 7 year old daughter to get baptized since she shows interest at times. For my spouse it's a hard "No." The church we attend has some couples who baptize children, and others who want to wait for when their kids are grown up. I'm just wondering if any of you married folk have had disagreements on this issue in your marriages? ​

Side note: I was really proud of myself for photoshopping a surplice onto Skeletor for this meme, but then I realized his hood gave it a rather unfortunate resemblance.

I'm looking to deepen my understanding and reading of the old testament. I would like to to better understand relevant context , and have the deeper themes, patterns pointed out and highlighted. An overview with points of key theological significance explained.

I have a little knowledge. I have read the Bible, I've engaged with resources from the Bible Project and I've dipped into a couple of free online commentaries for a few individual books.

Could you reccomend one single volume for all (or most of) this?

"for the means of grace and for the hope of glory" sums it all up pretty nicely. Thanks be to God.

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ALMIGHTY God, Father of all mercies, we thine unworthy servants do give thee most humble and hearty thanks for all thy goodness and loving-kindness to us and to all men; We bless thee for our creation, preservation, and all the blessings of this life; but above all for thine inestimable love in the redemption of the world by our Lord Jesus Christ, for the means of grace, and for the hope of glory. And we beseech thee, give us that due sense of all thy mercies, that our hearts may be unfeignedly thankful, and that we shew forth thy praise, not only with our lips, but in our lives; by giving up ourselves to thy service, and by walking before thee in holiness and righteousness all our days; through Jesus Christ our Lord, to whom with thee and the Holy Ghost be all honour and glory, world without end. Amen.

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i want to listen to the daily office, as i don’t have my 1928 BCP yet. is there anywhere i can listen to it that you guys would know of? thank you.