The Luminous Podcast

Holy Week - Good Friday - Rev. Chad E. JarnaginGood Friday may seem counterintuitive since the day is a solemn one, observed with our fasting and somber reflections. Why is Good Friday called Good Friday? Good used to mean holy. Today, is Holy Friday.His brutal death was contextually unbearable... on many levels, but mainly because, at the beginning of human creation we were not created for death. This may be why death is so traumatic, harsh, confusing, & unbearable at times.Suffering is a focal point which reveals the dimensions of where our humanity still attempts to reject this decay... until we are eventually overcome with it. His love blood flowed mingled down from the cross that day - Seeing death in a new way, his followers scattered and fled.The meanings of today shouldn't be pragmatically reduced... it is not simply about us trying to "get right with God." It is about us entering the difference between God and humanity... and touching it for a moment. - It’s like touching the shimmering sadness of humanity's insistence that we can be our own gods, that we can be pure and all- powerful.” -Nadia Bolz-WeberGood Friday is a bloody blend of faint echoing Hosannas (a plea to be saved), suffering and pain... yet, we wait in the tension... it is finished.

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LENT Special Episode | Why Anglicanism? In this episode, Fr. Chad E. Jarnagin discusses his personal journey into Anglicanism. This is not an exhaustive conversation on the topic, though will hopefully prove helpful to any on their path."Over the past fifteen years there has been more and more gravity compelling me toward ancient practices rooted in the rich history of Early Church. From the over exposure to the attraction model of church I eventually became fatigued with re-inventing the wheel week after week and expecting magical results from a production / presentation. A couple of my close friends have been forthcoming enough to ask if any of my jadedness or cynicism has played into my frustration of the evangelical mega-church model. That may be true but I have realized something very significant in the process – there is a difference between running away from something and being compelled toward something.With a membership estimated at around 80 million members the Anglican Communion is the third largest Christian communion in the world, after the Catholic Church and the Eastern Orthodox Churches. The Anglican Church has and always will have it’s tensions in many varieties, but that will be found in any human endeavor. For my family and I, we have had a sense of coming home with Anglicanism.We have had many friends who supported us and many even curious at what is happening these days. Sacramental hunger lies within most of us, though it may reveal itself to us in different ways. We are wired to be experiential. In liturgical spaces, everything becomes meaningful and symbolic. In the offering up of the bread and wine, we see the offering up of the wheat and grain and fruits of the earth, and God gives them back in a sanctified form. Though it may seem to "work" for some, many of us are thirsty for meaning that goes deeper than the brand with a 30 minute concert and a 45 minute motivational speech." We long to be in God's presence, with through His Spirit, scripture, and sacraments.The Collect of PurityAlmighty God, to whom all hearts are open, all desires known, and from whom no secrets are hidden: cleanse the thoughts of our hearts by the inspiration of your Holy Spirit, that we may perfectly love you, and worthily magnify your holy name; through Christ our Lord. Amen.

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LentLent comes from the Anglo Saxon word lencten, which means "spring." The forty days represents the time Jesus spent in the wilderness, enduring the temptation of Satan and preparing to begin his ministry.Lent is a time of repentance, fasting and preparation for the coming of Easter. It is a time of self-examination and reflection. In the early church, Lent was a time to prepare new converts for baptism. Sundays in Lent are not counted in the forty days because each Sunday represents a foretaste of Easter and the reverent spirit of Lent is tempered with joyful anticipation of the Resurrection. We gather on Sundays at 5PM in Downtown Franklin at Generations Church (408 Church St.). Luminous KiDS & childcare is available for 0-11 years old. All are welcome.

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Ordinary Time - All Saints Sunday - This Is Not The EndWe worship weekly in Downtown Franklin (Generations Church 408 Church St.) at 5pm. We are an Anglican Mission to Nashville | Franklin, TN learning to be still, live fully, and reflect the Great Light of the world.

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