From the Chapter
Pilgrimage Now and Then
By The Rev. Dr. Thomas N. Buchan, III | Associate Professor of Church History at Nashotah House
The first real sign that my pilgrimage to the Shrine of Our Lady of Walsingham wasn’t going to happen came in mid-March 2020. At the beginning of the second week of the month, I had received word from the Shrine that accommodations were available for dates in the end of June and beginning of July. By the beginning of the third week of March, however, the Shrine was unable to confirm my booking pending a decision as to whether it would remain open in response to the burgeoning coronavirus pandemic. For a few weeks, I nursed some slender hope of making my way to “England’s Nazareth” in the summer of 2020, but it steadily became clear that this would not be possible. For the present, it seemed my pilgrim intentions would have to remain just that: intentions.
What is of Faith as to Everlasting Punishment? - E.B. Pusey
A Review by The Rev. Ben Jeffries, ’14
Late in 2019, David Bentley Hart caused quite a stir with his self-consciously belligerent That All Shall be Saved. Many fine scholars (Harrow, Pakaluk, McClymond) countered with orthodoxy, but to the disciple of the Tractarians, this all seemed like a bit of history repeating.
Against Self-Promotion
By Hans Boersma, Ph.D.
Humility is a key virtue, according to Christian tradition. The Rule of Saint Benedict famously mentions the angels descending and ascending on Jacob’s ladder, and explains allegorically, “Doubtless, we should understand this descent and ascent as follows: one descends by pride and ascends by humility.”
Catechesis According to the Rule of Benedict
By The Rev. Dr. Greg Peters, Servants of Christ Research Professor of Monastic Studies at Nashotah House
The Rule of Benedict offers a fully-formed theology of spirituality under the theme of humility. For the monk, this lifetime of formation (or catechesis; or, in a more Benedictine fashion, “a lifetime of ascending the ladder of humility”) takes place in the monastic community, within the four walls of the monastery under the authority of an abbot and the rule.
Churches Transforming Communities
The late theologian and missiologist, Lesslie Newbigin wrote that each Christian has been sent out with the gospel, together in community, to those in the surrounding culture, for the sake of the King and His kingdom: “The Church is sent into the world to continue that which Jesus came to do, in the power of the same Spirit, reconciling people to God.”
OnScript Podcast with Dr. Jeannine Brown: The Gospels as Stories
OnScript podcast invites you to a live theology event with Dr. Jeannine K. Brown, with co-hosts Matt Lynch and Dru Johnson, at Nashotah House Theological Seminary on Tuesday, July 21, 2020, from 6:30 PM until 9:30 PM. The event is free* but is limited to 30 individuals, and reservations are required.
A Leader, Not a Follower: Bishop Kemper and Apostolic Ministry
By Mark Michael
The Sunday after the Ascension, May 24, marks a century and half since the death of the Rt. Rev. Jackson Kemper, the Episcopal Church’s first missionary bishop. The current crisis won’t allow for a proper celebration, though perhaps a few pilgrims will gather by his tomb at Nashotah that day for reverent, if socially distanced, prayers of thanksgiving.