Where Deep Discipleship Meets Deep Distress

12/15/2021By The Rev. Canon Phil Ashey

Photo by Alex Gindin on Unsplash Mary, the mother of God, models the deep discipleship that you and I are called to demonstrate, in word and deed, to a culture in deep distress.   Bishop J.C. Ryle observed of the Song of Mary, The Magnificat: “Next to the Lord’s Prayer, perhaps, few passages of Scripture are better … Read More

Photo by Zoltan Tasi on Unsplash All the paths of the LORD are mercy and truth. (Psalm 25:9) Then we will no longer be infants, tossed back and forth by the waves and blown here and there by every wind of teaching… Instead, speaking the truth in love, we will grow to become in every respect the mature … Read More

Photo by Warren Wong on Unsplash It is an understatement that Anglicanism is not always neat and tidy.  The very nature of our decision making in councils, as ancient as it may be, is messy.  Things don’t always go as planned.  Sometimes people don’t respect what the whole decides together in scripture, prayerful study and discussion, and waiting on the Lord’s … Read More

In his report from the GAFCON Primates meeting, Archbishop Foley Beach declared that “GAFCON is not an ecclesial jurisdiction; it is a conference.”  He commented in response to the deep disappointment that many have been feeling since a GAFCON Province has consecrated two women as bishops of the Church despite a moratorium on such consecrations. Although … Read More