The Curmudgeon strikes again!

Wow! And yet another very insightful assessment of the whole scene - Pour another round - It's time for your daily helping.

Rest Eternal Grant Unto Him, O Lord

And let Light Perpetual shine upon him.

from Vita Toon

Peter Toon, 1939 – 2009
Peter, son of Thomas Arthur and Hilda Toon, was born in Yorkshire, England, soon after the start of World War II. After him came Paul, David and Christine. He attended Hemsworth Grammar School, Cliff College, Sheffield; King’s College, London; The University of Liverpool and Christ Church, Oxford University. He held three Masters’ degrees and a Doctor of Philosophy degree from Oxford.

He was married to Vita for forty-seven years and they have one daughter, Deborah, who lives in California, and is married to Michael, a Naval Officer. Vita is a graduate of London and Oxford Universities, while Deborah is a graduate of Vanderbilt University in Na shville and the University of Texas at Austin.
After teaching religious studies in a College, Peter was ordained in the Church of England in 1973 in the Diocese of Liverpool. Since then he has served in parishes in both England and the U.S.A. and also as a theologian in theological houses in the U.S.A. and in England. In the last decade of his working life, he served the Prayer Book Society of the U.S.A. as its President and C E O.

Peter wrote and had published over twenty-five books, together with booklets, essays, articles. He also wrote many opinion pieces for the web. He edited Home Words in England from 1985-2001 and The Mandate in the U.S.A. from 1995 to 2008. He was much committed to The Anglican Way as Reformed Catholicism, and to the importance of the historical Formularies—Articles, BCP and Ordinal. The woes of the Anglican Communion in recent days much distressed him.

As he died on Saturday, April 25th in San Diego, and as virtually all Vita’s and Peter’s relatives and friends are thousands of miles away, there was no public funeral in California, only a service for the family based on the classic BCP. It is hoped that his remains may be interred in the family grave in Yorkshire.

Pour Yourself Another Cup

of coffee and sit back down for the latest from our friend the Anglican Curmudgeon. Take a look at this post. And then this one.

Well done Good Sir!

An Excellent Read!

Bishops’ Statement on the Polity of the Episcopal Church

Do not miss this! - Get yourself a cup of coffee and sit down and read, mark, learn and inwardly digest (and yes, I know it ain't Holy Scripture - but you ought to know this stuff too!)

Christos Anesti!

Faithful Cross Above All Other

The Altar of Repose

We got the pews installed in the choir just in time for the Maundy Thursday watch. I think it worked out quite well.

Shadows

Holy Wednesday, preparing for the office of Tenebrae.

The timing of it this year was right on target. The church darkened progressively in a marvelous way as we made our way through the service. Note to self: Next year, bigger bolder text for the "Christus factus est."

I am very grateful for the time we took this Lent to talk about the Prophet Jeremiah. Tenebrae for Wednesday in Holy Week connects some very important dots.

Blessed Palm Sunday

A Blessed Palm Sunday to you all. Holy Week unfolds before us.

We have just moved our sanctuary into a new, more classical arrangement. We have done a pretty good job, I think, but the building is what it is.

When presented with a big basket of lemons sometimes you just need to make some lemonade.

The Lenten Hiatus

I hope you all have not given up on me. It is just that it seemed the good thing to do to leave the blog alone at least for Lent.

Things in the parish have been hopping. We have a whole slew of projects underway. Lots of new folks. And obviously, Holy Week and Easter are upon us... Much to do...

We have been wrestling in the diocese over the plans for the formation of a new North American Anglican Province.

I've also got my hands full with the preparations for Saint Michael's Conference. It is time to register now for the conference (www.stmichaelsw.org). You can even do the entire registration online this year. Open to youth, ages 12-19, June 7-13, 2009 at Camp Crucis outside of Granbury, Texas.

Sufficient unto the day is the evil thereof.

Saint Michael, defend us in the day of battle!