A Meditation on Independence Day From The Rector

Independence Day, 2011

A Collect for the Armed Forces

This prayer, mildly adapted*, is from A Book of Offices: Services for Occasions Not Provided For in The Book of Common Prayer, published in 1917. We use it regularly at the 11:15 AM Office of Morning Prayer.

O most powerful and glorious Lord God, the Lord of hosts, that rulest and commandest all things: Vouchsafe, . . . → Read More: A Collect for the Armed Forces

Independence Day

O Eternal God, through whose mighty power our fathers won their liberties of old: Grant, we beseech thee, that we and all the people of this land may have grace to maintain these liberties in righteousness and peace; through Jesus Christ our Lord. Amen.

A case of exploding inkwells

From this week’s Newsletter.

Every age has a pet theory—or even pet theories—about education. In the mid–18th century, for example, the great sage Dr. Samuel Johnson formulated a theory of education that survived for the best part of two centuries.

According to Dr. Johnson, boys absorbed knowledge at precisely the same rate at which . . . → Read More: A case of exploding inkwells