This morning I uploaded Episode Three in the video series, The Nicene Creed. In this episode the topic is the final statement concerning the Father (continued from Episode Two): “And of all things, visible and invisible.” The episode running time is just over 24 minutes. Continue reading “The Nicene Creed – Episode Three”
The Nicene Creed – Episode Two
I’ve struggled for two weeks trying to finish Episode Two in The Nicene Creed. The original version ran 34 minutes and the recording I made of the sound file had audible sound only for the first 3 minutes. Thus having been forced to try again, I made significant changes, reducing the length to just over 14 minutes. The finished version is focused only on the first part of the first paragraph, including “I believe” and running through “Maker of Heaven and Earth.” In Episode Three I will finish the first paragraph with a discussion of the last phrase in the first paragraph: “And of all things, visible and invisible.”
Watch the video Listen to the Podcast version.
Nicene Creed – Episode One
Now that I’ve finished putting together the AIC Bookstore catalogue, which now includes 12
publications (counting the St. Chrysostom Hymnal in 2 volumes), I’m able to turn my attention to work on the video series on The Nicene Creed. (For the full bookstore catalogue, visit our Virtual Bookstore: https://www.amazon.com/author/ronald-e-shibley).
The Nicene Creed series will provide the historical context for the calling of the Council of Nicea (325 A.D.), which was the first of the Seven Ecumenical Councils of the Church Universal. Continue reading “Nicene Creed – Episode One”
St. Chrysostom Hymnal – Vol. 2
It’s mid-June and, because of two technical issues (file size and number of pages), I’ve had to revise the 4th Edition of the St. Chrysostom Hymnal, splitting it into two volumes. The change will make handling the volumes more convenient for users. A 500+ pages paperback book would have been a little awkward to handle. Continue reading “St. Chrysostom Hymnal – Vol. 2”
The St. Chrysostom Hymnal – 4th Edition
The 4th edition of the St. Chrysostom Hymnal is almost ready for publication. The preliminary design for the cover follows our new white on black color scheme and a quotation from St. Athanasius: “the act of singing effects harmony in the soul.”
This collection of 474 hymns, songs and canticles, all in the public domain, is offered as a supplement to the venerable Episcopal Hymnal (1940). Continue reading “The St. Chrysostom Hymnal – 4th Edition”
The Lord’s Prayer: Phrase-by-phrase – Episode Tw0
Episode Two (of two) in The Lord’s Prayer: Phrase-by-phrase is now available in both video and podcast forms. The focus in Episode Two is on the fourth, fifth and sixth petitions; the Doxology (in St. Matthew’s version); and a general summary of the series. The discussion of the Doxology includes a presentation on the two most likely ways the Doxology found its way into St. Matthew’s Gospel. The illustrations include art from the 9th through the early 21st Centuries. The episode runs just over 21 minutes. Watch the video Listen to the Podcast Continue reading “The Lord’s Prayer: Phrase-by-phrase – Episode Tw0”
The Lord’s Prayer: Phrase-by-phrase – Episode One
Episode One in the much-delayed AIC teaching video series, The Lord’s Prayer: Phrase-by-phrase is now available on our You Tube channel and also in a podcast version. The title slide includes James Tissot’s late 19th C. depiction of Jesus teaching the Disciples in charcoal, graphite and watercolor on gray wove paper, from the Life of Christ at the Brooklyn Museum. Continue reading “The Lord’s Prayer: Phrase-by-phrase – Episode One”
Lives of the Saints – Episode 16
Episode Sixteen, the final episode in The Lives of the Saints, First Series, the 1928 B.C.P. Saints, is now available in both video and podcast versions. The focus is on St. Simon and St. Jude, whose combined Feast Day is October 28th. The text includes quotations from the work of St. Jude which I used in Part Four of Christian Spirituality: An Anglican Perspective. Illustrations show three statues, one oil painting, and one bas relief. The episode’s running time is just over 13 minutes. Watch the Video Listen to the Podcast Continue reading “Lives of the Saints – Episode 16”
Lives of the Saints – Episode 15 – St. Luke
I guess we all have weeks when we feel like we actually got something accomplished, vs. feeling as though we are going in circles (or as we were taught to say in the Corps of Cadets: around and around at ever-increasing speeds in ever-decreasing circles until… I leave you to guess the rest). This week was one of the former not of the latter type with several major accomplishments (not all of which were actually accomplished this week. Many have now come to fruition following sporadic efforts during late Winter and early Spring:
Episode Fifteen, the next-to-last episode in the First Series (the 1928 B.C.P. Saints) of the Lives of the Saints was recorded, edited and readied for upload to our You Tube channel. Continue reading “Lives of the Saints – Episode 15 – St. Luke”
Lives of the Saints – Episode 14 – St. Matthew
We’re having amazing weather here in Virginia. Warm days. Cool nights. Lots of sunshine. My petunia garden, this year featuring twenty different colors and patterns, loves every minute of it. I’ve expanded my use of pedestals combined with trailing petunias to create columns of color throughout the garden.
This week I finished and uploaded Episode Fourteen in The Lives of the Saints, First Series – the 1928 B.C.P. Saints, which is focused on St. Matthew, whose Feast Day/Holy Day is September 21st. The episode highlights the themes and unique content of St. Matthew’s Gospel. Continue reading “Lives of the Saints – Episode 14 – St. Matthew”
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