Tag Archives: Anglican-Episcopal

The Book of Common Prayer

Posted on December 3, 2025 by smellincoffee

The Book of Common Prayer is the heart of the Anglican communion, and for my money contains some of English’s best phrasing outside Shakespeare and the Bible. Since 2011, its liturgy has been part of my life, its phrases embedded … Continue reading →

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Adventures of the Rev Samuel Entwhistle

Posted on November 10, 2025 by smellincoffee

A priestly friend of mine handed this title to me with a smile after he read and enjoyed a short story I wrote that carries the subtitle, “A Parish Drama in Three Acts”. I wrote the story on a whim, … Continue reading →

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And Then There Were Nuns

Posted on February 13, 2014 by smellincoffee

And Then There Were Nuns: Adventures in a Cloistered Life© 2013 Jane Christmas292 pages When Jane Christmas’ boyfriend proposed to her, she gave him the most obvious reply: she said she wanted to join a nunnery.  It wasn’t that he … Continue reading →

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The New Faithful

Posted on October 5, 2013 by smellincoffee

The New Faithful: Why Young Adults are Embracing Christian Orthodoxy© 2002 Colleen Caroll320 pages  Every action produces its reaction, and to Colleen Carroll decades of religious liberalism have born their fruit in the form of young people flocking back to … Continue reading →

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Why Choose the Episcopal Church

Posted on July 23, 2011 by smellincoffee

Why Choose the Episcopal Church?© 1976, 1984, John M. Krumm184 pages Though I am not religious, lately I have been attending services at the local Episcopal church, delighting in both the music and the company I find there (for I … Continue reading →

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