Parish Life
Half-Hearted Ruts
“OurLord finds our desires not too strong, but too weak. We are half-heartedcreatures, fooling about with drink and sex and ambition, when infinite joy isoffered to us, like an ignorant child who wants to go on making mud pies in theslum because he c…
Children in Worship
After worshipping with us at Parish the first few times, people will often comment on how delightful, among many other things, are the sights and sounds of our “lively family atmosphere” and our wiggling, squirming, and murmuring children. These …
The Vicar
Nearly every time I go exploring in the vast, uncharted realms of Arthur Quiller-Couch’s anthologies, I find some heretofore overlooked gem. This summer as I was working my way through his Oxford Book of Victorian Verse, I ran across this wonderf…
Thanksgiving in Boston
Earlyon the settlers expressed their thanksgiving for the evidence of God’s goodprovidence in their lives. Despiteall the hardships they faced, they recognized the peculiar opportunity they hadbeen afforded. Thus, theyoutwardly affirmed t…
Tool Box
“My books are mytools. They also serve as mycounsel, my consolation, and my comfort. They are my source of wisdom and the font of my education. They are my friends and mydelights. They are my surety, whenall else is awry, that I …
Free Agents and Non-Partisans
“It appears to us that a Christian minister cannot keep himself in the true path of consistency at all, without refusing to each of the parties all right of appropriation. . . He who cares for neither of two rivaling political parties is the onl…