Episode Five in The Lives of the Saints – First Series, focused on the life and contributions to the Church Universal of St. Paul, was uploaded on January 25th, the Feast of the Conversion of St. Paul. In addition to the familiar unfinished icon by the celebrated Russian icon painter Andre Rublev, I’ve included a 14th C. mosaic at Chora Church, Istanbul (formerly Constantinople) and an early 20th C. mosaic from Romania; and photographs of the exterior and interior of the Basilica of St. Paul Outside the Walls, Rome, the place of St. Paul’s remains. Continue reading “The Lives of the Saints – First Series – Episode 5”
The Lives of the Saints – First 4 Episodes
January has been a productive month. I’ve finished five episodes in the new series, The Lives of the Saints – First Series – the 1928 B.C.P. Saints. The first four of these have been uploaded to our You Tube channel and the fifth, for the Conversion of St. Paul, will be uploaded on January 25th. Continue reading “The Lives of the Saints – First 4 Episodes”
2015 in review
The WordPress.com stats helper monkeys prepared a 2015 annual report for this blog.
Here’s an excerpt:
A San Francisco cable car holds 60 people. This blog was viewed about 780 times in 2015. If it were a cable car, it would take about 13 trips to carry that many people.
New Videos in 2016 A.D.
In this Advent Season, when Christians prepare themselves for both the first and second/final coming of our Lord and Saviour, we should understand what the Christian Faith is about. No matter what a certain unnamed politician says, Christianity is not a religion which includes “bedrock” teachings of all other religions. It is the source of the Christian Truth found in the Gospel accounts of the divine origin, Incarnation, life, teachings, Crucifixion, Death on the Cross, Resurrection and promise of Life Everlasting in the divine Kingdom of the Father of the only-begotten Son of God.
I’ve been working on the preliminary plans for a new series of Seasonal Videos and a separate series of Teaching Videos which will be produced in A.D. 2016. The first in the Seasonal Videos series is a two episode series on Epiphany. Continue reading “New Videos in 2016 A.D.”
Lessons & Carols for Christmas Eve
One of my favorite memories of my former parish, St. John Chrysostom Anglican Church, is the annual Christmas Sing. Each year I prepared a small booklet with the reading and the lyric. These changed from year to year. For A.D. 2015 I have expanded the range of free Seasonal Videos to include a virtual version of the Christmas Eve service which is also included in the AIC Bookstore publication, Occasional Services for Anglican Worship available at the AIC virtual Bookstore: https://www.Amazon.com/Author/Ronald-E-Shibley.
This new video fits between the 12/24 episode (O Emmanuel) of The Great “O” Antiphons program and the 12/25 episode (First Day of Christmas) in The Twelve Days of Christmas videos. Continue reading “Lessons & Carols for Christmas Eve”
Sunday Next Before Advent
My Podcast Homily for Sunday Next Before Advent (Stir-up Sunday) has been uploaded to the Podcast Homilies page at the AIC web site. This completes the archive of traditional homilies for all the regular Sundays in the 1928 Book of Common Prayer. I include a review of the secular and Scriptural origins of the “Stir-up” idea as well as commentary on the “For the Epistle” reading (Jeremiah 23:5-8) and the Gospel reading (John 6:55-14), St. John’s unique account of the Feeding of the 5,000, the sixth of seven “signs” (Greek: semeion) in St. John’s Gospel. Listen to the Sunday Next Podcast Continue reading “Sunday Next Before Advent”
Twenty-fourth Sunday After Trinity
My Podcast Homily for Twenty-fourth Sunday After Trinity is now linked from the Podcast Homilies page at the AIC web site: http://www.anglicaninternetchurch.net/Podcast-Homilies.html.
Or using the direct link: Listen to Trinity 24 Continue reading “Twenty-fourth Sunday After Trinity”
Twenty-third Sunday After Trinity
My Podcast Homily for the Twenty-third Sunday After Trinity was uploaded to the AIC’s Podbean channel this morning. The readings are Philippians 3:17-21 and Matthew 22:15-22. I augmented the commentary on the Gospel reading with references to Isaiah 64:8 and Psalm 138:4, 5. The first closing prayer was a catena of my own based on Psalm 145:2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 10, 13 and 1 (in that order). There are only two more Sundays in the Church Calendar (Trinity 24 and Sunday Next Before Advent). I’ve already recorded both but not uploaded them to the AIC web site. Listen to the Trinity 23 Podcast Continue reading “Twenty-third Sunday After Trinity”
Twenty-second Sunday After Trinity and Episode Twenty-eight in Revelation: An Idealist Interpretation
I can hardly believe it is already near the end of the week, but it has been a productive week. I’ve completed the final episode in Revelation: An Idealist Interpretation. Episode Twenty-eight is focused on Chapter 22. The key illustration is River of Life and Tree of Life from the Bamberg Apocalypse. Continue reading “Twenty-second Sunday After Trinity and Episode Twenty-eight in Revelation: An Idealist Interpretation”
Revelation – Episode 27 and Twenty-first Sunday After Trinity
I can hardly believe I have come to the end of the video series on Revelation, with the final production of both Episodes Twenty-seven and Twenty-eight. Episode Twenty-seven, focused on Chapter 21, the New Jerusalem, has been uploaded to the AIC’s You Tube channel. This may be the best video so far in the series, since Continue reading “Revelation – Episode 27 and Twenty-first Sunday After Trinity”
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