Fr Christopher Poore
@christopherpoore.bsky.social
Episcopal priest. PhD student in theology at UChicago Divinity School. Bringing Anglican texts back to life: editor of Seminary Street Press and VTS Press.
Wild to me that people think theology is irrelevant to the life of the Church.
Like, I'm here just trying to think about the pressing questions that any sensible 13 year-old asks when you tell them to recite the Creed. ⚓
Like, I'm here just trying to think about the pressing questions that any sensible 13 year-old asks when you tell them to recite the Creed. ⚓
November 25, 2025 at 9:46 PM
Wild to me that people think theology is irrelevant to the life of the Church.
Like, I'm here just trying to think about the pressing questions that any sensible 13 year-old asks when you tell them to recite the Creed. ⚓
Like, I'm here just trying to think about the pressing questions that any sensible 13 year-old asks when you tell them to recite the Creed. ⚓
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The Lord's comin' back y'all ⚓
Guys, I think they wrote our Christ the King sermon for us? ⚓
November 25, 2025 at 4:18 PM
The Lord's comin' back y'all ⚓
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"Church should be a place where people enjoy coming." ⛪
Discover how St Thomas's Church, Garstang welcome every generation to worship.
Across the country, churches are looking forward to welcoming you. Find your nearest service at AChurchNearYou.com.
Discover how St Thomas's Church, Garstang welcome every generation to worship.
Across the country, churches are looking forward to welcoming you. Find your nearest service at AChurchNearYou.com.
November 25, 2025 at 3:51 PM
"Church should be a place where people enjoy coming." ⛪
Discover how St Thomas's Church, Garstang welcome every generation to worship.
Across the country, churches are looking forward to welcoming you. Find your nearest service at AChurchNearYou.com.
Discover how St Thomas's Church, Garstang welcome every generation to worship.
Across the country, churches are looking forward to welcoming you. Find your nearest service at AChurchNearYou.com.
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Let's do our best to build little gardens like that in the world. 🙏💜
Guys, I think they wrote our Christ the King sermon for us? ⚓
November 25, 2025 at 8:10 AM
Let's do our best to build little gardens like that in the world. 🙏💜
Holiness is the brightness of divine love.
—Fr. James Huntington ⚓
—Fr. James Huntington ⚓
November 25, 2025 at 4:14 PM
Holiness is the brightness of divine love.
—Fr. James Huntington ⚓
—Fr. James Huntington ⚓
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Prepping for Advent.
Guys, I think they wrote our Christ the King sermon for us? ⚓
November 25, 2025 at 1:35 AM
Prepping for Advent.
Cataclysmic: coming to the end of not only the church year but the 3-year lectionary. Time itself like a scroll rolled up, every word having been read. And the last word of it all? The end of it all? “This day you will be with me in paradise.” ⚓
We are those upon whom the end has come
It is an incredible feast we are celebrating today: Christ the King Sunday, the last Sunday after Pentecost—think of how that sounds: the last Sunday after Pentecost. As if there are only so many Sund...
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November 24, 2025 at 9:57 PM
Cataclysmic: coming to the end of not only the church year but the 3-year lectionary. Time itself like a scroll rolled up, every word having been read. And the last word of it all? The end of it all? “This day you will be with me in paradise.” ⚓
It's too bad that so many Anglicans don't know much about William Whitaker.
He was one of the most important defenders of scriptural authority in the sixteenth-century Church of England.
I'm here to help you all get acquainted. 1/2
He was one of the most important defenders of scriptural authority in the sixteenth-century Church of England.
I'm here to help you all get acquainted. 1/2
November 19, 2025 at 1:19 AM
It's too bad that so many Anglicans don't know much about William Whitaker.
He was one of the most important defenders of scriptural authority in the sixteenth-century Church of England.
I'm here to help you all get acquainted. 1/2
He was one of the most important defenders of scriptural authority in the sixteenth-century Church of England.
I'm here to help you all get acquainted. 1/2
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Yes. Perfect!
I have long loved this song.
And that guy holding his shirt. This is what saints look like.
I have long loved this song.
And that guy holding his shirt. This is what saints look like.
Guys, I think they wrote our Christ the King sermon for us? ⚓
November 18, 2025 at 12:48 PM
Yes. Perfect!
I have long loved this song.
And that guy holding his shirt. This is what saints look like.
I have long loved this song.
And that guy holding his shirt. This is what saints look like.
Guys, I think they wrote our Christ the King sermon for us? ⚓
November 18, 2025 at 2:49 AM
Guys, I think they wrote our Christ the King sermon for us? ⚓
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One of my favorite gifts to give catechumens and confirmands. I am so thankful that it is still in print and it is still such a cornerstone in my daily life. Fun fact: I owned the St. Augustine’s prayer book before I became an Anglican, I say it led me to the church as an unbeknownst witness. 10/10🔥
November 15, 2025 at 11:36 PM
One of my favorite gifts to give catechumens and confirmands. I am so thankful that it is still in print and it is still such a cornerstone in my daily life. Fun fact: I owned the St. Augustine’s prayer book before I became an Anglican, I say it led me to the church as an unbeknownst witness. 10/10🔥
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All you Prayer C peeps...
And @praxeas.bsky.social has an excellent dive into Prayer C!
Rite II Prayer C with the Very Rev. Dr. Andrew McGowan
YouTube video by Trinity Episcopal Church Oshkosh
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November 14, 2025 at 7:49 PM
All you Prayer C peeps...
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‘He grew up among a people subjected to military occupation’ is particularly interesting given that Congar also experienced that.
I know the world is rough right now. "it is a history made up of the trampling of the weak by the strong, the crushing of the little by the great, and, for the majority of men, the incredible accumulation of woes." That's why you should read this excerpt from Congar, so you can see where God stands.
November 13, 2025 at 9:23 AM
‘He grew up among a people subjected to military occupation’ is particularly interesting given that Congar also experienced that.
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I know the world is rough right now. "it is a history made up of the trampling of the weak by the strong, the crushing of the little by the great, and, for the majority of men, the incredible accumulation of woes." That's why you should read this excerpt from Congar, so you can see where God stands.
November 12, 2025 at 11:58 PM
I know the world is rough right now. "it is a history made up of the trampling of the weak by the strong, the crushing of the little by the great, and, for the majority of men, the incredible accumulation of woes." That's why you should read this excerpt from Congar, so you can see where God stands.
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*bows and makes the sign of the cross, with the pious invocation “My Lord and my God, amen.”*
Reverence for the bread and the wine of the Eucharist is the beginning of reverence for the whole world.
—Rowan Williams, "Being Christian" ⚓
—Rowan Williams, "Being Christian" ⚓
November 12, 2025 at 10:26 PM
*bows and makes the sign of the cross, with the pious invocation “My Lord and my God, amen.”*
Reverence for the bread and the wine of the Eucharist is the beginning of reverence for the whole world.
—Rowan Williams, "Being Christian" ⚓
—Rowan Williams, "Being Christian" ⚓
November 12, 2025 at 10:25 PM
Reverence for the bread and the wine of the Eucharist is the beginning of reverence for the whole world.
—Rowan Williams, "Being Christian" ⚓
—Rowan Williams, "Being Christian" ⚓
If you had to give someone a short, accessible essay (or chapter or article or video or podcast) introducing them to the God-Man Jesus Christ, what would you give them? ⚓
November 12, 2025 at 10:23 PM
If you had to give someone a short, accessible essay (or chapter or article or video or podcast) introducing them to the God-Man Jesus Christ, what would you give them? ⚓
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Lancelot Andrewes instructed priests to pour wine into the chalice so that it looked like gushing blood. So metal. What a goth.
Probably one of my favorite essays of all time: McCullough's reconstruction of Andrewes's liturgical practices. ⚓
Probably one of my favorite essays of all time: McCullough's reconstruction of Andrewes's liturgical practices. ⚓
November 11, 2025 at 8:10 PM
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Lancelot Andrewes instructed priests to pour wine into the chalice so that it looked like gushing blood. So metal. What a goth.
Probably one of my favorite essays of all time: McCullough's reconstruction of Andrewes's liturgical practices. ⚓
Probably one of my favorite essays of all time: McCullough's reconstruction of Andrewes's liturgical practices. ⚓
November 11, 2025 at 4:31 PM
Lancelot Andrewes instructed priests to pour wine into the chalice so that it looked like gushing blood. So metal. What a goth.
Probably one of my favorite essays of all time: McCullough's reconstruction of Andrewes's liturgical practices. ⚓
Probably one of my favorite essays of all time: McCullough's reconstruction of Andrewes's liturgical practices. ⚓
when we see the world with angelic eyes, we don't see the world as a kind of anti-parable, where people are objects to be manipulated & owned, conscripted into our narratives of possession & anger & lust, forced to serve as pawns in our disputes... ⚓
drawnfromthechalice.substack.com/p/and-they-t...
drawnfromthechalice.substack.com/p/and-they-t...
November 10, 2025 at 2:12 AM
when we see the world with angelic eyes, we don't see the world as a kind of anti-parable, where people are objects to be manipulated & owned, conscripted into our narratives of possession & anger & lust, forced to serve as pawns in our disputes... ⚓
drawnfromthechalice.substack.com/p/and-they-t...
drawnfromthechalice.substack.com/p/and-they-t...
Definitely one of those crazy busy weeks where the best sermon prep is just saying, "God, I'm not sure I can do this. Would you write it for me?" ⚓
And they told you Episcopalians don't believe in the resurrection
Or, How the Angels See
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November 10, 2025 at 1:40 AM
Definitely one of those crazy busy weeks where the best sermon prep is just saying, "God, I'm not sure I can do this. Would you write it for me?" ⚓
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If you, like me, do not know much about global Anglican political machinations, you’re in luck! I had the Rev. Mark Michael, editor-in-chief of The Living Church, on to provide context and analysis of this GAFCON moment ⚓️
Mapping Global Anglicanism: Communion, Schism, and the Future
YouTube video by All Things Necessary
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November 4, 2025 at 7:57 PM
If you, like me, do not know much about global Anglican political machinations, you’re in luck! I had the Rev. Mark Michael, editor-in-chief of The Living Church, on to provide context and analysis of this GAFCON moment ⚓️
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mdiv enrollment is up! at 58% evangelical schools, 56% mainline schools, 47% catholic + orthodox
November 6, 2025 at 1:54 PM
mdiv enrollment is up! at 58% evangelical schools, 56% mainline schools, 47% catholic + orthodox
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Good morning Anglicans! I need more resources for new Anglicans that are called things like "rookie Anglican" or "an introduction to Anglican tradition" or "what is All Saints Day" that are SEO so my people quit going to ACNA resources aligned with the 2008 Jerusalem Declaration ⚓
November 6, 2025 at 3:22 PM
Good morning Anglicans! I need more resources for new Anglicans that are called things like "rookie Anglican" or "an introduction to Anglican tradition" or "what is All Saints Day" that are SEO so my people quit going to ACNA resources aligned with the 2008 Jerusalem Declaration ⚓