Dave K
@revdavek.bsky.social
Follower of Jesus. Seanchaí. Husband. “Bear” to my kids. Pentecostal Priest. Higher Ed Research Ethics Pro. “God’s Bulldog”
and, being honest, there’s probably room for Andrewes, Taylor, Temple, and Ramsey, too.
January 15, 2026 at 7:28 AM
and, being honest, there’s probably room for Andrewes, Taylor, Temple, and Ramsey, too.
I will fully accept including Williams. But all I know of him was secondary awareness for me. I’ve never had the chance to read more than the occasional online essay.
January 15, 2026 at 7:20 AM
I will fully accept including Williams. But all I know of him was secondary awareness for me. I’ve never had the chance to read more than the occasional online essay.
If you include pre-Reformation the way Rome does pre-Schism—
Caedmon, Columba, Theodore of Tarsus, Bede the Venerable, Aelred, Julian of Norwich, Thomas Becket. HM to Patrick, who was Briton of some ilk, and Alcuin of York, who basically created higher education.
Caedmon, Columba, Theodore of Tarsus, Bede the Venerable, Aelred, Julian of Norwich, Thomas Becket. HM to Patrick, who was Briton of some ilk, and Alcuin of York, who basically created higher education.
January 14, 2026 at 11:24 PM
If you include pre-Reformation the way Rome does pre-Schism—
Caedmon, Columba, Theodore of Tarsus, Bede the Venerable, Aelred, Julian of Norwich, Thomas Becket. HM to Patrick, who was Briton of some ilk, and Alcuin of York, who basically created higher education.
Caedmon, Columba, Theodore of Tarsus, Bede the Venerable, Aelred, Julian of Norwich, Thomas Becket. HM to Patrick, who was Briton of some ilk, and Alcuin of York, who basically created higher education.
Listed despite the ones that make me groan but still also have to acknowledge—Cranmer, Lady Grey, Jewel, Parker, Hooker. Herbert, Ryle, Butler, Gore, Pusey, Lewis, McGrath. Honorable mention should go to Baxter who never should have been ejected.
January 14, 2026 at 11:24 PM
Listed despite the ones that make me groan but still also have to acknowledge—Cranmer, Lady Grey, Jewel, Parker, Hooker. Herbert, Ryle, Butler, Gore, Pusey, Lewis, McGrath. Honorable mention should go to Baxter who never should have been ejected.
The Books of Homilies
And while the text itself isn’t core Anglicanism, I think what it tries to do reflects the tradition beautifully: Zahl’s “The Collects of Thomas Cranmer”
And while the text itself isn’t core Anglicanism, I think what it tries to do reflects the tradition beautifully: Zahl’s “The Collects of Thomas Cranmer”
January 14, 2026 at 9:58 PM
The Books of Homilies
And while the text itself isn’t core Anglicanism, I think what it tries to do reflects the tradition beautifully: Zahl’s “The Collects of Thomas Cranmer”
And while the text itself isn’t core Anglicanism, I think what it tries to do reflects the tradition beautifully: Zahl’s “The Collects of Thomas Cranmer”
This multilevel love is maybe part of why you navigate different traditions so well. The Presbyterian, the Episcopal, and the Pentecostal in you are reflected by those respective expressions.
January 13, 2026 at 8:37 PM
This multilevel love is maybe part of why you navigate different traditions so well. The Presbyterian, the Episcopal, and the Pentecostal in you are reflected by those respective expressions.
🎶 They will know we are Christians by our month, BY OUR MONTH 🎵
Wait, not how that goes.
Wait, not how that goes.
January 12, 2026 at 5:02 PM
🎶 They will know we are Christians by our month, BY OUR MONTH 🎵
Wait, not how that goes.
Wait, not how that goes.
Any shared resources or crossover? I feel like these sorts of endeavors could have less overheard than they often do and resources could be better put to investing in people like you.
January 12, 2026 at 3:39 PM
Any shared resources or crossover? I feel like these sorts of endeavors could have less overheard than they often do and resources could be better put to investing in people like you.
The moment of truth in accepting my call to ministry looked like me shaking God and yelling “Fix my heart or I’ll die.”
January 8, 2026 at 5:40 PM
The moment of truth in accepting my call to ministry looked like me shaking God and yelling “Fix my heart or I’ll die.”
Ah, the ever-dimming thoughts of white patriarchy and the cultural captivity of Western Christian spirituality. Lord help us
January 8, 2026 at 5:39 PM
Ah, the ever-dimming thoughts of white patriarchy and the cultural captivity of Western Christian spirituality. Lord help us
General Revelation. 😅😅
January 7, 2026 at 3:51 AM
General Revelation. 😅😅
Theology is the dialogue between God and human beings, where we respond and testify to God’s self-revelation, directing our thoughts, words, and actions toward love for God and God’s creation.
January 6, 2026 at 4:23 PM
Theology is the dialogue between God and human beings, where we respond and testify to God’s self-revelation, directing our thoughts, words, and actions toward love for God and God’s creation.
Hahaha. I love it.
My former AG pastor’s mentor was a Welsh evangelist and every year (first Sunday of the year) he came, he’d play his accordion.
My former AG pastor’s mentor was a Welsh evangelist and every year (first Sunday of the year) he came, he’d play his accordion.
January 2, 2026 at 4:17 PM
Hahaha. I love it.
My former AG pastor’s mentor was a Welsh evangelist and every year (first Sunday of the year) he came, he’d play his accordion.
My former AG pastor’s mentor was a Welsh evangelist and every year (first Sunday of the year) he came, he’d play his accordion.
Can’t say I’ve ever had this experience.
But you needa write this screenplay.
But you needa write this screenplay.
January 2, 2026 at 3:30 PM
Can’t say I’ve ever had this experience.
But you needa write this screenplay.
But you needa write this screenplay.
Anything Octavia Butler. If you’ve never read her work, Kindred is a powerful scifi/historical fiction. Parable of the Sower starts with last year and is stunningly prescient. Patternist works are more deep scifi.
January 1, 2026 at 3:38 PM
Anything Octavia Butler. If you’ve never read her work, Kindred is a powerful scifi/historical fiction. Parable of the Sower starts with last year and is stunningly prescient. Patternist works are more deep scifi.
Also, in 2016, I watched the show 5 times for therapeutic reasons.
December 31, 2025 at 3:23 AM
Also, in 2016, I watched the show 5 times for therapeutic reasons.
I have said that one of the wildest shifts in my lifetime is how the West Wing went from being political procedural drama to high fantasy.
December 31, 2025 at 3:22 AM
I have said that one of the wildest shifts in my lifetime is how the West Wing went from being political procedural drama to high fantasy.
The hymn “Songs of Thankfulness and Praise” agrees with every point. #wearwhitetillCandlemas
December 29, 2025 at 7:02 PM
The hymn “Songs of Thankfulness and Praise” agrees with every point. #wearwhitetillCandlemas
If your place of worship follows the church calendar—did you observe the Feast of the Holy Innocents today?
December 28, 2025 at 1:19 PM
If your place of worship follows the church calendar—did you observe the Feast of the Holy Innocents today?
And the creativity in compassion is the only way we will be free to grow into the kind of posture modeled by the early church… "Poverty I do not fear. Riches I do not sigh for. Death I do not shrink from." (St. John Chrysostom)
December 27, 2025 at 8:47 PM
And the creativity in compassion is the only way we will be free to grow into the kind of posture modeled by the early church… "Poverty I do not fear. Riches I do not sigh for. Death I do not shrink from." (St. John Chrysostom)
It was still right. There are this who maintain it is a cure.
December 27, 2025 at 8:46 PM
It was still right. There are this who maintain it is a cure.
This. The church’s compassion should be the plumbline in developing societal structures measured in the standard of God’s justice.
December 27, 2025 at 5:02 PM
This. The church’s compassion should be the plumbline in developing societal structures measured in the standard of God’s justice.
I’ve got a different take on “doubt”I I wrote up awhile back. open.substack.com/pub/davekett...
How Far
A Reflection on the Feast of Thomas the Apostle
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December 21, 2025 at 9:37 AM
I’ve got a different take on “doubt”I I wrote up awhile back. open.substack.com/pub/davekett...