Mr. Jaden Weatherly (one of our new seminarians) takes up the class, discussing the Song's initial themes of anxious longings, reciprocated longings, and the blossoming of the relationship. We end with a further discussion on the typology and allegory from the Fathers.

Text: The Doxology and the Amen (Matthew 6:13b, KJV)

Part 7 of our Series on the Lord's Prayer

We begin the last section in our longrunning series on the Wisdom Literature with an introduction to the Song of Songs. We discuss our interprative approach, how the Song of Songs fits into the rest of the Wisdom Literature, why we see it as "Solomonic" but not necessarily *about* Solomon, and some tips for getting the most out of Song of Songs.

Part 6 of our summer series on the Lord's Prayer

Text: Matthew 6:13, Luke 11:4 "And lead us not into temptation, but deliver us from evil."

We conclude our special series on the Prayer Book's Civil Prayers in honor of the 250th anniversary of our Nation's founding. Today we talk about the civil prayers in the Great Litany and Holy Communion. We also talk about the two Civil Holidays in the 1928 BCP: Thanksgiving Day and Independence Day. Finally, we conclude with a discussion of the frequency of Holy Communion.

Texts: Matthew 6: 12, 14,15; Luke 11:4; 18:10-14

In the second installment of our short series on the civics of the American Book of Common Prayer, we look at the civil prayers from Evensong, the prayers for the different branches of government and military in the occasional prayers and the general prayer for the country from the occasional prayers, and the connection between church, government, and school in the Bidding Prayer.

A Homily for Independence Day

Texts: Deuteronomy 10:17ff, Matthew 5: 43ff

In honor of our nation's 250th Anniversary, we're doing a short series on the civics of the American Book of Common Prayer. In this first installment, we discuss some of the background history to the American church and look at the civil prayers from the American 1928 BCP.

Part 4 of our series on the Lord's Prayer

Text: Matthew 6: 11, 26-end.