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Category Archives: Beginner’s Guide to Becoming Episcopalian

Beware These Pretty Things

Beginner's Guide to Becoming Episcopalian, EssaysBy Gordon AtkinsonJune 5, 2013

Let me guess. You wandered into an Episcopal church and the beauty got you. The rich fabrics on the altar and the vestments on the priests make perfect sense to you, as does the fancy procession down the aisle. Of course they enter the room as if this event matters. And you like words, don’t you?…

Episcopal Rites of Passage: Accidentally Setting Your Beard on Fire at Your First Easter Vigil

Beginner's Guide to Becoming Episcopalian, EssaysBy Gordon AtkinsonApril 1, 2013

Admittedly, setting your own beard on fire at the Easter Vigil is a lesser known ritual. Not one that many Episcopalians go through. I might be the only one person you’ve ever heard of who has done this. But given the late hour of the service, the hand-held candles, and the large number of scripture readings…

A thing that happened

Beginner's Guide to Becoming Episcopalian, Essays, LentBy Gordon AtkinsonFebruary 15, 2013

What I feel like is a man slowly drifting away from his faith. It’s not an intellectual process. My commitment to Christianity is far deeper than mind games now. My faith is of the body. And my body is telling me some things. I have no desire to pray. I have no interest in doctrinal…

Let the big people say what needs to be said

Beginner's Guide to Becoming Episcopalian, EssaysBy Gordon AtkinsonJanuary 22, 2013

A Beginner’s Guide to Becoming Episcopalian One of the first things you’re going to notice at an Episcopal worship service is all the people processing up and down the aisles. That’s how you know the service is starting. The music begins and everyone stands up, like before the bride comes down the aisle at a…

A Beginner’s Guide To Becoming Episcopalian

Beginner's Guide to Becoming EpiscopalianBy Gordon AtkinsonDecember 30, 2012

By beginner’s guide I do not mean an expert explaining Episcopalianisms to novices. I mean a guide written by one beginner for other beginners. You should think of me as perhaps a year or two ahead of you, should you make the shocking and counter-cultural decision to become an Episcopalian yourself. In fact, I’m not…

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