In this video I take a look at the 1986 Daily Office Book (Year One & Year Two) a beautifully crafted Daily Office Book Set of the Episcopal Church. Designed to bring Scripture, Psalms, and the Offices together in one place, this set offers a seamless way to enter into…
Faith, Conscience & Common Good
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Via Media Episode 2 The Epstein Class, America’s Long Shadow, and the Architecture of Impunity
What happens when power protects itself? In this episode of Via Media, +Brian Ernest Brown explores what we call “the Epstein Class,” a culture where wealth, influence, and connections blur accountability and test our moral courage. This is not about left or right. It’s about conscience. About the danger of…
Reflections, Musings & Meanderings
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Titles, Traditions, and Denominations and Living in the Center: Being a Christ Catholic
In this reflection, I wrestle with a question many of us quietly carry: What does it really mean to be Christian? We live in a world of labels: Roman Catholic, Old Catholic, Independent Catholic, Anglican, Orthodox, Baptist, Methodist, Pentecostal, Presbyterian, Lutheran. Each tradition carries history, beauty, and meaning. But somewhere…
Coworkers of Christ
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A Reflection on the Living Center: Being a Christ Catholic
A Reflection on the Living Center: Being a Christ Catholic I often catch myself drawn to the temptation of the age I live in: the urge to build my identity around the branches of the Christian Church. It is so easy to wrap myself in labels, traditions, and the banners…
Well-Read & Well-Prayed
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Prayer Book Offices Review
In this review, I take a close look at Prayer Book Offices (2020) from Church Publishing Incorporated—a volume that gathers the Daily Office from the 1979 Book of Common Prayer into a single book. On paper, it’s a compelling idea: Morning Prayer, Noonday Prayer, Evening Prayer, and Compline all in…
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An Anti Christ in His Own Words Chapter 3 Lust “When You’re a Star, They Let You Do It”
Chapter Three: Lust — “When You’re a Star, They Let You Do It” In this episode of An Anti-Christ in His Own Words, we examine the sin of lust—not just as desire, but as the misuse of power that reduces people to objects. The world says: “When you’re a star,…
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Behind the Scenes: An Anti-Christ in His Own Words Podcast Series Chapter 3 Lust
Recording Chapter Three on Lust was different from the others. It wasn’t just intellectually demanding, it was physically and spiritually draining. There’s something about sitting with that kind of material, reading it, repeating it, and reflecting on it aloud, that takes a toll. By the time I finished recording, I…
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An Anti-Christ In His Own Words: Chapter 2 Greed “The Point Is, You Can’t Be Too Greedy”
Chapter Two: Greed “The Point Is, You Can’t Be Too Greedy” In this second chapter of An Anti-Christ in His Own Words, we turn our attention to one of the oldest and most corrosive sins in the human story: greed. Greed is never satisfied. It always wants more, more power,…
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The Prayer Book Office By Howard Galley 1980
In this video I take a look at a fascinating and somewhat forgotten companion to the 1979 Book of Common Prayer: The Prayer Book Office, compiled and edited by Howard Galley and published in 1980. Designed to enrich the Daily Office with seasonal antiphons, proper texts, and additional liturgical material,…
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An Anti-Christ In His Own Words: Chapter 1 Pride “I Alone Can Fix It”
In this episode of An Anti-Christ in His Own Words, Abbot Bishop Brian Ernest Brown explores the first of the Seven Deadly Sins: Pride. Drawing from Donald J. Trump’s own public statements and the long Christian tradition of moral reflection, this episode examines how pride manifests in public life, leadership,…