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Book SynopsisThis book addresses controversial issues in contemporary church life using liturgical commentary, homiletical illustration, and theological reflection. Issues examined include: gender and sexuality, relation of lay and ordained ministries, the relation of biblical Israel and the modern state, the differences between the Hebrew Scriptures and the Old Testament, the need for careful expository preaching, and deference to tradition as well as openness to new ways. The focus here is on the Episcopal Church in America, yet the examples and pleadings have relevance to the wider Christian community.
Trade ReviewI had the privilege of hearing Dr. Berry preach during an interim ministry period at St. Paul's Episcopal Church, Chittenango, NY. As I began reading the typescript of his Holy Words and Holy Orders I found the precision and careful use of language in his opening essays that I had heard in his sermons. It is that care and precision, that skill with words, that make accessible Father Berry's creativity and intellect. -- Reverend Charles Grover, Sometime Archdeacon of the Episcopal Diocese of Central New York
A wide-ranging collection of penetrating commentaries on matters of the priesthood and the accuracy of the use of biblical interpretation in liturgical practice. -- Milton H. Coleman, Ecumenical Officer of the Episcopal Diocese of Central New York and Parish Liturgist and former Warden of St. David's Church, De
Table of ContentsChapter 1 An Anglican Miscellany—1. Why Me, Lord? 2. The Robinson Election 3. The Creation Comma 4. Lay Persons Are Not an Order of Ministers 5. The "L" Word 6. "A Different Kind of Lord" 7. Problematic Foot-Washing 8. "God of Our Mothers?" 9. "Faith and The DaVin Chapter 2 Selected Sermons—1. "Water without Price" 2. "We Are Bold to Say" 3. "Blessed" 4. "Fear Not" 5. "They Were Astonished at His Teaching" 6. "Being Surprised in the Bible" 7. "Fishing for Women and Men" 8. ". . . All Generations Shall Call Me Blessed" 9. "I Chapter 3 The Category Mistake of Messianic Nationalism Chapter 4 Do Christians Read from the Hebrew Scriptures Chapter 5 Afterwords
