Yesterday there were less, tomorrow there will be more. How does one make sense of hundreds of thousands of untimely deaths? The answer is: I’m not sure one does. If you’re like me, it can be difficult to actually get a sense of the human toll this pandemic is taking. It’s easy to feel numb to the tragedy and loss. To fight this, I have found Malcolm Guite’s “Quarantine Quatrains” a faithful guide for processing and praying through this long… Read more
January 20, 2021
With God On Our Side
January 20, 2021 By Kevin Antlitz
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The first world war, boys it came and it went the reason for fighting I never did get but I learned to accept it accept it with pride for you don’t count the dead when God’s on your side In one of my favorite Bob Dylan songs, the great poet describes the perennial American pattern of always assuming God is on our side. More American than apple pie, this is. In a not-so-subtle way, he traces this absurd pattern… Read more
June 4, 2020
Pray & Fast: a Robust Spirituality for Social Justice
June 4, 2020 By Kevin Antlitz
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Is not this the fast that I choose: to loose the bonds of wickedness, to undo the straps of the yoke, to let the oppressed go free, and to break every yoke? Is it not to share your bread with the hungry and bring the homeless poor into your house; when you see the naked, to cover him, and not to hide yourself from your own flesh? Then shall your light break forth like the dawn, and your healing shall… Read more
May 26, 2020
The Disruptive Gift of Silence: a Lesson from the Pandemic
May 26, 2020 By Kevin Antlitz
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At the time, March 12 felt like any other Thursday. I went to the office. Our oldest son went to school. We had friends over for dinner and we even experimented with a new chocolate mousse recipe (with Grand Marnier instead of plain ol’ Brandy). Not knowing quite what to make of it, the coronavirus was just one of the many topics around the table. Out of what felt like an excess of caution, we decided not to shake hands… Read more
April 11, 2020
“Only the suffering God can help”: a Meditation on the Cross
April 11, 2020 By Kevin Antlitz
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This is the transcript of a message I gave during our Good Friday Compline service on April 10, 2020. Today is Good Friday, the day when Christians around the world remember the crucifixion of Jesus. During this Compline service, I want to offer a meditation on the cross of Christ. Christians believe that 2000 years ago, on a cross, in the middle of a trash heap outside of Jerusalem, a man called Jesus of Nazareth suffered and died. The crucifixion… Read more
March 23, 2020
Riding the Rona Roller Coaster, OR Do Not Despair
March 23, 2020 By Kevin Antlitz
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The emotional whiplash caused by the coronavirus and the changes it has wrought has been severe. For some of us, the feeling of loneliness has been painfully heightened by our imposed homebound isolation. For others, we are dealing with the stress of trying to work from home with a house full of children who need their lessons in reading, ‘riting, and ‘rithmetic. Because of the flood of changes, many of the things we formerly took for granted are now insecure:… Read more
March 16, 2020
Lent During a Pandemic
March 16, 2020 By Kevin Antlitz
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I hesitate to post anything related to the pandemic, especially while we are yet in the thick of what – from everything I can tell – is just the beginning of the coronavirus winter. In a time when there are so many hot takes, so much (mis/)information, so many opportunists benefitting from the chaos, the last thing I want to do is contribute to the clamor. At the same time, I have deeply appreciated some of the things I have… Read more
February 21, 2020
Written Prayers: Gifts from Howard Thurman & John Stott
February 21, 2020 By Kevin Antlitz
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This may sound like an odd confession coming from an Anglican priest but, once upon a time, in the earliest days of my fledgling faith, I would have considered the praying of written prayers as suspect. At the very least, I would have thought this was inauthentic because it wasn’t a spontaneous. At the very worst, I might have considered it a vestige of dead religion. Of course, the praying of written prayers can be rote and disingenuous but that… Read more
November 27, 2019
Preparing for Advent: Reflections on Tanner’s “The Annunciation”
November 27, 2019 By Kevin Antlitz
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The Annunciation Henry Ossawa Tanner’s “The Annunciation” is one of my favorite depictions of this pivotal biblical scene where the angel Gabriel announces to Mary that, though she is a virgin, the Holy Spirit will come upon her and she will bear the Son of God. We read about this incredible scene in Luke 1:26-38: In the sixth month the angel Gabriel was sent from God to a city of Galilee named Nazareth, to a virgin betrothed to a man… Read more
November 25, 2019
Should all Christians be vegetarians? Pt. 4: On meat
November 25, 2019 By Kevin Antlitz
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This is Part 4 in a series of posts exploring the question “Should all Christians become vegetarians?” In Part 1, I laid the foundation for why this question is one that Christians, particularly American Christians, ought to take seriously. In Part 2, I outlined a biblical theology of creation. In Part 3, I surveyed what the Scriptures say about death before the fall. In this section, we will survey the Scriptures say about eating meat before the fall, after the fall,… Read more
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