Category Archives: Lent

A Lenten Study on the Book of Psalms

Posted on March 13, 2019 by Bruce Bryant-Scott

In the Anglican Chaplaincy of St. Thomas, Kefalas, here on the island of Crete, I am leading a Lenten study on the Book of Psalms. Here are a few notes on the first session, held on March 12, 2019. Some … Continue reading →

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Easter Wings

Posted on March 13, 2019 by Bruce Bryant-Scott

Through Lent With George Herbert (Wednesday after the First Sunday of Lent) In The Altar George Herbert uses the layout of the poem to reinforce the idea in the text – the poem speaks of an altar, and it looks like … Continue reading →

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George Herbert’s “Redemption”

Posted on March 12, 2019 by Bruce Bryant-Scott

Through Lent With George Herbert (Tuesday after the First Sunday of Lent) After yesterday’s The Sacrifice Herbert has several shorter poems that try to respond to what is said in it. The sixth poem is this one: Redemption Having been … Continue reading →

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The Sacrifice

Posted on March 10, 2019 by Bruce Bryant-Scott

Through Lent With George Herbert (Monday after the First Sunday of Lent) The third poem of The Church, the fifth poem of The Temple (or sixth, if you include  the Dedication), is The Sacrifice. This makes sense, following after The … Continue reading →

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In The Wilderness

Posted on March 10, 2019 by Bruce Bryant-Scott

A sermon preached on The First Sunday of Lent at the Anglican Church of St. Thomas, Kefalas, Crete, Greece, at 11:00 am on March 10, 2019. After his baptism, Jesus, full of the Holy Spirit, returned from the Jordan and … Continue reading →

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Superliminare & The Altar

Posted on March 8, 2019 by Bruce Bryant-Scott

Through Lent With George Herbert (Saturday after Ash Wednesday) Superliminare Thou, whom the former precepts have Sprinkled and taught, how to behave Thyself in church; approach, and taste The churches mystical repast. Avoid, profaneness; come not here: Nothing but holy, … Continue reading →

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The Church-porch

Posted on March 8, 2019 by Bruce Bryant-Scott

Through Lent With George Herbert (Friday after Ash Wednesday) The Church-Porch (Peirirrhanterium) As Arnold Stein points out in the first chapter of George Herbert’s Lyrics there is a plainness about Herbert’s poetry. The plainness is both obvious and concealed, though, … Continue reading →

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Through Lent With George Herbert

Posted on March 7, 2019 by Bruce Bryant-Scott

Since 2002 or so I’ve had a copy of the The Complete English Works of George Herbert, the English poet and clergyman who lived during the reigns of Elizabeth I, James VI & I, and Charles I. While I have … Continue reading →

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Gender Fluidity in the Bible

Posted on April 12, 2018 by Bruce Bryant-Scott

What Happens When Queer Theory is Applied to Scripture? A talk given on March 21, 2018 at the Anglican Parish of St. George the Martyr, Cadboro Bay, in the Municipal District of Saanich, a suburb within Greater Victoria, BC, as … Continue reading →

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Lenten Readings: Day 40

Posted on April 15, 2017 by Bruce Bryant-Scott

In the Abyss (Holy Saturday) The Saturday between Good Friday and Easter, the Sunday of the Resurrection, is always a little bit odd for faithful Christians. The intensity of Lent and Holy Week gives way to, well, normalcy. Maybe you … Continue reading →

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