Husband & Father | Priest @iamepiscopalian | PhD @abdndivinity | MAT @fullerseminary | Liturgical Theologian | Rector | Volume Editor | Asst. Professor @ Fuller
Cocoa Beach, FL
Joined February 2009
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Porter C. Taylor retweeted
Why the liturgy of Ash Wednesday matters:
Liturgy "is a vast & dramatic 'story-ing,' making sure that we are taking our place in the story. Without sufficient liturgical support & structure we are very apt to edit the story down to fit our individual tastes and predispositions.”
Porter C. Taylor retweeted
Church people, I'm looking for your best ideas:
What has been the most successful way your church has engaged w/ your neighborhood?
Our parish is in a neighborhood and we want to be good neighbors. Blessing of the animals and House Blessings on Epiphany have been great for us
Porter C. Taylor retweeted
Nothing--I think I mean that literally--compares with Holy Week to ground the Christian. Faithful attendance each day at some sort of gathering, however simple, however poorly attended, will make it work. Each day, with its appointed readings, is a dose of unfiltered gospel.
Porter C. Taylor retweeted
🚨Book Giveaway🚨
I’m giving away a copy of this excellent intro to the Minor Prophets. RT and follow to enter. Tag a friend for an extra entry.
Winner announced 10/12.
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The question in any given situation is never whether or not God is present there, but whether or not we're attentive to that presence.
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O God, healer of the sick, Lord of life & death, send thy blessings upon our Sovereign Lady Queen Elizabeth; strengthen the hands & minds of her physicians; bless her family and her nations; that in this her hour of trial she may know that peace which passeth all understanding.
Porter C. Taylor retweeted
While the seeker-sensitive era saw theological depth as an *obstacle* to evangelistic effectiveness, I think it's clear now that it's a *prerequisite.*
Porter C. Taylor retweeted
It's not the composition of those groups that is shifting, it's the *size* that has shifted dramatically.
% in 2010 vs 2021:
Never: 22% to 35%
Seldom: 26% to 22%
Yearly: 16% to 12%
Monthly: 10% to 7%
Weekly: 18% vs 17%
Weekly+: 10% vs 7%
A lot more nevers now!
(2/2)
Porter C. Taylor retweeted
"Frankly, what we have at the moment isn’t, as the old liturgies used to say, 'the sure and certain hope of the resurrection of the dead' but the vague and fuzzy optimism that somehow things may work out in the end."
–N.T. Wright, Surprised by Hope, 25.
(via @PorterCTaylor)
Porter C. Taylor retweeted
Good Friday:
Cross of Jesus, cross of sorrow,
Where the blood of Christ was shed,
Perfect Man on thee did suffer,
Perfect God on thee has bled!
Here the King of all the ages,
Throned in light ere worlds could be,
Robed in mortal flesh is dying,
Crucified
by sin
for me.
Porter C. Taylor retweeted
I have a written a Collect for Ukraine as we collectively search for meaningful words with which to approach our Heavenly Father in prayer and intercession. St. David's by the Sea & I offer this Collect to you, your loved ones, and your parishes as a resource.
Lord, have mercy.
Porter C. Taylor retweeted
Looking forward to this event "Erased: Rediscovering the Lost Women of Scripture." Join us! @PorterCTaylor
Details here ---> ow.ly/OeNN50GGCkh
Porter C. Taylor retweeted
This collect comes from "The Liturgy For A Pandemic" by @PorterCTaylor @StDavidsbythSea has been downloaded in 94 countries! 🙏 #episcopal #liturgy
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Porter C. Taylor retweeted
“There has been a divorce between the theology taught in institutions of higher education and that of the local parish for too long. @PorterCTaylor (1 of 2)
Porter C. Taylor retweeted
By returning theology to the heart of the local parish, every member is equipped for kingdom ministry and mission without the expensive degree and fancy piece of paper to prove it!” — @PorterCTaylor (2 of 2) #theology #SDI #stdavidsinstitute
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"Every person in the pews on a Sunday morning is a theologian, whether they realize it or not." — @PorterCTaylor
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Celebrating St David’s Day with #stdavidsbythesea and had to wear my tshirt commemorating one of my favorite Welshmen!
I don’t have a shirt for St David, @trystan_hughes, or RT France... so cheers to the former Archbishop of Canterbury, Rowan Williams!
Porter C. Taylor retweeted
A great first meeting of our book club this afternoon talking about the work of Vernon Staley with @jonboy017 @anglicanyankee @PorterCTaylor @PotentiaEtActus and @turtology
