Resources

This page is a grab bag of resources I’ve produced over the years: some for personal use, some for parish use, some for teaching in academic or other contexts.

God With Us: A Christmas Pageant (Word)
God With Us: A Christmas Pageant (PDF)
Here’s a classic-feeling pageant that fits the niche between a no-rehearsal pageant and a more elaborate production that requires several rehearsals. We do this one with just one rehearsal. It relies mostly on narrators and has just a few lines for characters to memorize. The text is in rhymed couplets and sticks quite close to the scriptural narrative, plus readings from Isaiah and John are included, so you could use this for a Liturgy of the Word in a “Rite III” eucharist.

Daily Office Books
This is a set of booklets I created a few years ago. It arranges Morning and Evening Prayer, Rite II, from the Prayer Book and Enriching Our Worship, with appropriate seasonal variation throughout the year. While a psalter and Bible are still needed, it eliminates the need for page-flipping back and forth. Antiphons on the gospel canticles are drawn from Howard Galley’s The Prayer Book Office. Certain opening sentences and canticles are slightly adapted for gender-inclusive language. My originals include images from Gertrud Mueller Nelson’s lovely clip art, which I’ve removed; if you’ve already purchased the clip art permissions for yourself or your parish, feel free to email me for the originals. I’ve completed all of these except the Season after Pentecost.

Model Presentations
Here are three presentations I developed for a class at the Church Divinity School of the Pacific in fall 2015. These cover models we teach in the College for Congregational Development which are helpful for thinking about the dynamics of church life.

Eucharistic Presence: Catholic, Lutheran, Reformed
This is a PowerPoint presentation I put together to help teach seminarians about the four major Western theories of eucharistic presence: Roman Catholic, Lutheran, Calvinist (receptionist), and Zwinglian (memorialist). Play it in slideshow mode for the full animated effect, with voice narration!

Anglican Eucharistic Prayers
Another PowerPoint, this one an in-depth exploration of the evolution of eucharistic prayers in the Anglican tradition. View this one in “speaker’s notes” mode to see most of the important content.

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