Standard – Full Width Version
Jesus Heals a Deaf Man (St. Mark 7:31)
- January 19, 2021
- by
- Steve Macias
Lower Chapel at Canterbury Christian School for January 19, 2021.
...
Monks and Monasticism in the Anglican Tradition
- January 18, 2021
- by
- Steve Macias
The bones of the monastic hours can certainly be found in Cranmer’s daily offices, but what influence did monasticism have on the development of Anglican theology? From St. Aidan’s Lindisfarne community to Henry VIII’s dissolution of the monasteries, asceticism played a significant role in the historical, political, and religious development of the theology of the Church in England. The Prayerbook assumes certain ascetic principles and abandons or ignores others. In this paper, I’d like to explore how early English monasticism...
Why I started a STEM Club at our Classical School
- January 07, 2021
- by
- Steve Macias
I lead various classes and after school clubs at Canterbury – our parish’s classical school. I teach the Bible in Chapel, instruct P.E., and various campus clubs and programs. One of them is a STEM club which is an acronym for “science, technology, engineering, and mathematics.”
A few years back when I first arrived at Canterbury, a parent shared with me that he felt our school’s liberal-arts based curriculum was too light in the hands-on sciences department. He was concerned...
Epiphany Blessing 2021- Chalking the Door
- January 06, 2021
- by
- Steve Macias
Following sung matins at Saint Paul’s – students and teachers join us in front of the Church for the blessing of the doors for Epiphany. Chalking the door is one of the Christian Epiphanytide traditions used in order to bless churches and homes.
The initials, C, M, B, are inscribed above the doors with the blessed chalk and can be interpreted as the Latin phrase “Christus mansionem benedicat” which means “Christ bless this house” and also stand as the initials...
Perks of Church Planting with Alcoholics Anonymous
- January 04, 2021
- by
- Steve Macias
Yesterday, I celebrated Holy Communion for a congregation in California’s Central Coast. They are recently without a minister and are in the process of basically re-planting the congregation in the transition. They’ve been meeting in a storefront office in a business park.
Visit Christ the King Grover Beach (REC – Anglican Church in North America)
Sundays at 10:30 AM – 555 S 13th St, Ste. G, Grover Beach, CA 93433
Located in Grover Beach, just five minutes from the ocean, Reformed...
How I Learned to Read in Public School
- January 02, 2021
- by
- Steve Macias
Our English alphabet system is composed of 26 letters that produce 44 sounds (phonemes), making the structural basis of our very complicated English vocabulary and grammar quite simple. Therefore, teaching children to read often begins with recognizing and memorizing the alphabet’s letters and sounds.
But not in all American public schools.
For over a century a battle has raged on how to teach children to read – one more rooted in one’s theology than we might think. Rather than looking...