Month: January 2010

  • Living with Diversity, Living in Charity

    As an Episcopalian, I live and work in a church that has tried to deal accommodatingly with liturgical change—and has done so for some time. And in spite of all the headline-grabbing difficulties in the Episcopal Church and in the Anglican Communion, there remains a lot of room for positive, healthy diversity in expression, especially…

  • Bruce Harbert and Carl Daw at Saint John’s!

    In September 2009, the Diekmann Center at Saint John’s School of Theology·Seminary hosted Msgr. Bruce Harbert, executive director of ICEL, to deliver the address “The Missal’s Image of God.” The Rev. Carl Daw, executive director of The Hymn Society of the U.S. and Canada, gave the response. Both are available online.

  • The New Liturgical Movement

    Actually this posting should be titled The “New” Liturgical Movement. … In reality the only thing new about The New Liturgical Movement is the sophisticated technology used in presenting traditional Roman Catholic liturgy.

  • The Journey is One

    Asking God’s protection on travelers is a traditional Catholic practice that has deep roots in the scriptural witness; it is also, as I discovered many years ago, a profoundly meaningful practice for our own lives.

  • Welcome to “Pray Tell”!

    Today PrayTell is launched as a joint venture of Liturgical Press and Saint John’s School of Theology·Seminary. This blog is meant to compliment more traditional media, and to offer new modes of communication and dialogue. We welcome unsolicited contributions, all of which will be seriously considered for posting.