Andrew Raines
@makeitraines.bsky.social
SC farmboy from the Pee Dee. Episcopal Candidate for Holy Orders in Dio of Upper SC. DPhil student at Oxford. Dogmatic Universalist. Vinegar BBQ enthusiast.
I’m not sure if there’s a written law but that’s bc there doesn’t need to be based on all the other things we swear to, like the Bible. The rubric only ever says you can read from Christian saints if non-biblical.
But this is a prayerbook service—a uniquely American service from our first BCP
But this is a prayerbook service—a uniquely American service from our first BCP
October 2, 2025 at 4:07 PM
I’m not sure if there’s a written law but that’s bc there doesn’t need to be based on all the other things we swear to, like the Bible. The rubric only ever says you can read from Christian saints if non-biblical.
But this is a prayerbook service—a uniquely American service from our first BCP
But this is a prayerbook service—a uniquely American service from our first BCP
very disappointing to see that Varghese’s installation at St John the Divine NYC included readings from non-Xian scriptures. This is not allowed in the Episcopal Church. However much the cathedral wants to be a community center, it is NOT a catch-all religious house. ⚓️
October 1, 2025 at 8:16 AM
very disappointing to see that Varghese’s installation at St John the Divine NYC included readings from non-Xian scriptures. This is not allowed in the Episcopal Church. However much the cathedral wants to be a community center, it is NOT a catch-all religious house. ⚓️
We went to the cathedral in Oxford to hear my new supervisor preach a wonderful short expositional sermon with a beautiful mass setting, and a new stained glass window of the Prodigal Son
September 7, 2025 at 8:34 PM
We went to the cathedral in Oxford to hear my new supervisor preach a wonderful short expositional sermon with a beautiful mass setting, and a new stained glass window of the Prodigal Son
Arrived in Oxford at last!
Any advice for a new theology DPhil student?
Any advice for a new theology DPhil student?
September 7, 2025 at 3:24 PM
Arrived in Oxford at last!
Any advice for a new theology DPhil student?
Any advice for a new theology DPhil student?
I think in the key of D, 3/2 meter. The lines above letters are ties. The | are measure breaks, || section breaks
September 3, 2025 at 3:03 PM
I think in the key of D, 3/2 meter. The lines above letters are ties. The | are measure breaks, || section breaks
So intrigued by this “The Fourth Lesson” set. Like the TEC collection by Wright, it’s a book of 4th readings for the 3-lesson DO lectionary which the CofE tried but we kept in the 1979 BCP. Intead of Fathers tho, it’s Lewis, Chardin, Tillich, Barth, Spurgeon, Farrer… I see why it didn’t last. ⚓️
July 28, 2025 at 8:00 PM
So intrigued by this “The Fourth Lesson” set. Like the TEC collection by Wright, it’s a book of 4th readings for the 3-lesson DO lectionary which the CofE tried but we kept in the 1979 BCP. Intead of Fathers tho, it’s Lewis, Chardin, Tillich, Barth, Spurgeon, Farrer… I see why it didn’t last. ⚓️
Every time I come across the “serpents for fish” line our gospel today, I wonder if Jesus intends the resonance I hear between it and Numbers 21 and 11. Could Jesus be implying something about how Numbers portrays his Father? It feels like an improper suggestion, but I really do wonder. ⚓️
July 28, 2025 at 12:18 AM
Every time I come across the “serpents for fish” line our gospel today, I wonder if Jesus intends the resonance I hear between it and Numbers 21 and 11. Could Jesus be implying something about how Numbers portrays his Father? It feels like an improper suggestion, but I really do wonder. ⚓️
I enjoyed subdeaconing for the first time yesterday! I’m not sure I’m quite a Ritual Noteser (or an enthusiast of Italian-cut vestments), but it was such a prayerful and worshipful experience. I’m glad to be taught how to do this in TEC, where this level of precision feels less common now.
July 14, 2025 at 6:47 PM
I enjoyed subdeaconing for the first time yesterday! I’m not sure I’m quite a Ritual Noteser (or an enthusiast of Italian-cut vestments), but it was such a prayerful and worshipful experience. I’m glad to be taught how to do this in TEC, where this level of precision feels less common now.
Yeah, we gotta match evangelicals on this. Can’t be one OT and NT class. Just look at RTS SBS—makes Duke’s recs embarrassing
July 8, 2025 at 9:35 PM
Yeah, we gotta match evangelicals on this. Can’t be one OT and NT class. Just look at RTS SBS—makes Duke’s recs embarrassing
I was today years old when I learned the episcopal church made a “HIP HOP BCP”, translating Cranmer and Galley into South Bronx. It’s… somethin
July 3, 2025 at 3:27 PM
I was today years old when I learned the episcopal church made a “HIP HOP BCP”, translating Cranmer and Galley into South Bronx. It’s… somethin
For preaching working on how to preach Prov 8 this Trinity Sunday:
Is the first word of the Bible a mistake—or a theological insight? My OT prof Brent Strawn argues that bĕrēʾšît in Gen 1:1 (“In the beginning…”) may not be a grammar problem to fix, but a theological clue to decipher. 🧵⚓️
Is the first word of the Bible a mistake—or a theological insight? My OT prof Brent Strawn argues that bĕrēʾšît in Gen 1:1 (“In the beginning…”) may not be a grammar problem to fix, but a theological clue to decipher. 🧵⚓️
June 10, 2025 at 10:28 PM
For preaching working on how to preach Prov 8 this Trinity Sunday:
Is the first word of the Bible a mistake—or a theological insight? My OT prof Brent Strawn argues that bĕrēʾšît in Gen 1:1 (“In the beginning…”) may not be a grammar problem to fix, but a theological clue to decipher. 🧵⚓️
Is the first word of the Bible a mistake—or a theological insight? My OT prof Brent Strawn argues that bĕrēʾšît in Gen 1:1 (“In the beginning…”) may not be a grammar problem to fix, but a theological clue to decipher. 🧵⚓️
62 confirmations today! 31 eighth-graders and 31 adults new to the Episcopal Church! ⚓️
June 8, 2025 at 6:23 PM
62 confirmations today! 31 eighth-graders and 31 adults new to the Episcopal Church! ⚓️
Sorry my numbers were from Wikipedia!
March 26, 2025 at 4:32 PM
Sorry my numbers were from Wikipedia!
The canon says you don’t have to follow this rule if the book’s small enough.
The largest non-standard paginated BCP could be is 6-1/2" by 4-1/2"
The largest non-standard paginated BCP could be is 6-1/2" by 4-1/2"
March 26, 2025 at 4:22 PM
The canon says you don’t have to follow this rule if the book’s small enough.
The largest non-standard paginated BCP could be is 6-1/2" by 4-1/2"
The largest non-standard paginated BCP could be is 6-1/2" by 4-1/2"
This was ACNA’s version
March 25, 2025 at 9:21 PM
This was ACNA’s version
God BLESS Ellen Davis for her Song of Songs commentary. Reading for Janet Soskice‘s class “Love and Desire”
January 18, 2025 at 4:02 PM
God BLESS Ellen Davis for her Song of Songs commentary. Reading for Janet Soskice‘s class “Love and Desire”
Today at Duke Divinity’s chapel, we sang all 150 psalms from 8 am to 7 pm, using Ellen Davis’s new translation! It was glorious. ⚓️
January 18, 2025 at 12:45 AM
Today at Duke Divinity’s chapel, we sang all 150 psalms from 8 am to 7 pm, using Ellen Davis’s new translation! It was glorious. ⚓️
Does anyone have any thoughts on Lake’s Clinical Theology? It came highly recommended to me, but I want to make sure it’s worth the time before reading in preparation for starting CPE. ⚓️
January 3, 2025 at 10:19 PM
Does anyone have any thoughts on Lake’s Clinical Theology? It came highly recommended to me, but I want to make sure it’s worth the time before reading in preparation for starting CPE. ⚓️
the Baptist church I grew up in has been doin drop-in family communion on Christmas Day for a while now, always sweet
December 25, 2024 at 10:01 PM
the Baptist church I grew up in has been doin drop-in family communion on Christmas Day for a while now, always sweet