Serene ⚓
@serene1662.bsky.social
Church lady and old soul. Confessional Anglican (PECUSA). Laudian. For inclusive orthodoxy, and Anglican resourcement and retrieval. She/Her. I love Jesus, bats, writing cute stories, and the 1662 BCP.
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Serene ⚓
@serene1662.bsky.social
· Oct 18
Lost the post but my name is Serene (she/her).
I am about:
* Anglican resourcement and retrieval
* Reformational and Bible-focussed theology
* Inclusive orthodoxy, and the project of including LGBT ppl in the church
I also love photography, cooking, and writing, among other things ⚓️
I am about:
* Anglican resourcement and retrieval
* Reformational and Bible-focussed theology
* Inclusive orthodoxy, and the project of including LGBT ppl in the church
I also love photography, cooking, and writing, among other things ⚓️
Julian of Norwich is often appropriated by the purveyors of new age woo, but she was very much steadfastly orthodox and beautifully so, and is even particularly Augustinian in her framings, and monergistic. And incredibly brilliant in her beautiful theological articulations.
December 10, 2025 at 5:02 PM
Julian of Norwich is often appropriated by the purveyors of new age woo, but she was very much steadfastly orthodox and beautifully so, and is even particularly Augustinian in her framings, and monergistic. And incredibly brilliant in her beautiful theological articulations.
I am diving into the Catholic doctrines of classical theism and the Attributes of God (with E.L. Mascall and Aquinas instructing me, chiefly) in order to answer the sadly much too common heresies of Process Theology and Open Theism.
Mascall's He Who Is, A Study in Traditional Theism is excellent.
Mascall's He Who Is, A Study in Traditional Theism is excellent.
December 10, 2025 at 4:44 PM
I am diving into the Catholic doctrines of classical theism and the Attributes of God (with E.L. Mascall and Aquinas instructing me, chiefly) in order to answer the sadly much too common heresies of Process Theology and Open Theism.
Mascall's He Who Is, A Study in Traditional Theism is excellent.
Mascall's He Who Is, A Study in Traditional Theism is excellent.
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What if everyone on your Christmas list really, really wants to start using Morning and Evening Prayer in the Anglican/Episcopal tradition?
The 1662 Book of Common Prayer: International Edition is a great entry to the daily offices, and it's 45% off at Amazon.
The 1662 Book of Common Prayer: International Edition is a great entry to the daily offices, and it's 45% off at Amazon.
December 8, 2025 at 5:34 PM
What if everyone on your Christmas list really, really wants to start using Morning and Evening Prayer in the Anglican/Episcopal tradition?
The 1662 Book of Common Prayer: International Edition is a great entry to the daily offices, and it's 45% off at Amazon.
The 1662 Book of Common Prayer: International Edition is a great entry to the daily offices, and it's 45% off at Amazon.
I’ve had a very frightening experience and am very shaken up and am finding it difficult to sleep
I would appreciate prayers for my peace of mind
I am alright and am safe
Just anxiety from after the fact
I would appreciate prayers for my peace of mind
I am alright and am safe
Just anxiety from after the fact
November 26, 2025 at 7:38 AM
I’ve had a very frightening experience and am very shaken up and am finding it difficult to sleep
I would appreciate prayers for my peace of mind
I am alright and am safe
Just anxiety from after the fact
I would appreciate prayers for my peace of mind
I am alright and am safe
Just anxiety from after the fact
A lot of present-day Roman Catholic practice is so counterintuitively “Low Church” to my mind.
Not having altar rails and normatively receiving standing being chief among them.
Not having altar rails and normatively receiving standing being chief among them.
November 15, 2025 at 7:25 PM
A lot of present-day Roman Catholic practice is so counterintuitively “Low Church” to my mind.
Not having altar rails and normatively receiving standing being chief among them.
Not having altar rails and normatively receiving standing being chief among them.
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Alright yall so because my landlord is selling this house we rent and I have been scraping by I need help to afford moving.
I'm raising $1500 to rent a uhaul, pay deposit, and other moving costs. We need to be out by end of December.
Venmo: comradeconrad116
paypal.me/cerl116
I'm raising $1500 to rent a uhaul, pay deposit, and other moving costs. We need to be out by end of December.
Venmo: comradeconrad116
paypal.me/cerl116
Pay conrad larson using PayPal.Me
Go to paypal.me/cerl116 and type in the amount. Since it’s PayPal, it's easy and secure. Don’t have a PayPal account? No worries.
paypal.me
November 9, 2025 at 9:43 PM
Alright yall so because my landlord is selling this house we rent and I have been scraping by I need help to afford moving.
I'm raising $1500 to rent a uhaul, pay deposit, and other moving costs. We need to be out by end of December.
Venmo: comradeconrad116
paypal.me/cerl116
I'm raising $1500 to rent a uhaul, pay deposit, and other moving costs. We need to be out by end of December.
Venmo: comradeconrad116
paypal.me/cerl116
I feel that ultimately people will always see me as the dumb fundamentalist in TEC.
November 15, 2025 at 2:44 AM
I feel that ultimately people will always see me as the dumb fundamentalist in TEC.
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Charles Simeon on the Book of Common Prayer: "Only let any person be in a devout frame, and he will be far more likely to have his soul elevated to heaven by the Liturgy of the Established Church, than he will by the generality of prayers which he would hear in other places". ⚓
November 13, 2025 at 4:52 PM
Charles Simeon on the Book of Common Prayer: "Only let any person be in a devout frame, and he will be far more likely to have his soul elevated to heaven by the Liturgy of the Established Church, than he will by the generality of prayers which he would hear in other places". ⚓
The reason I hate liberal theology is that ultimately it asks me to believe in a weak God who can't and won't save me.
November 13, 2025 at 11:20 PM
The reason I hate liberal theology is that ultimately it asks me to believe in a weak God who can't and won't save me.
Who wants to know when the idea of Prima Scriptura was invented? This ancient idea?
1997. ⚓
1997. ⚓
November 13, 2025 at 6:16 PM
Who wants to know when the idea of Prima Scriptura was invented? This ancient idea?
1997. ⚓
1997. ⚓
IMO, another thing to be “Catholic” means is accepting things like the classical attributes of God.
That means that even the “best” versions of things like Process theology are OUT. ⚓️
youtu.be/LXOQHGnH52Y?...
That means that even the “best” versions of things like Process theology are OUT. ⚓️
youtu.be/LXOQHGnH52Y?...
Divine Impassibility Explained | Kevin DeYoung
YouTube video by Clearly Reformed
youtu.be
November 13, 2025 at 4:26 AM
IMO, another thing to be “Catholic” means is accepting things like the classical attributes of God.
That means that even the “best” versions of things like Process theology are OUT. ⚓️
youtu.be/LXOQHGnH52Y?...
That means that even the “best” versions of things like Process theology are OUT. ⚓️
youtu.be/LXOQHGnH52Y?...
I think it's proper time to articulate inclusive orthodoxy as necessarily having more meat on it than mere acceptance of the creeds. That's an incredibly low-bar. Or perhaps another word is called for, for what is necessary? Renewal. ⚓
November 13, 2025 at 2:34 AM
I think it's proper time to articulate inclusive orthodoxy as necessarily having more meat on it than mere acceptance of the creeds. That's an incredibly low-bar. Or perhaps another word is called for, for what is necessary? Renewal. ⚓
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Not new but excellent Bible Project discussion here (at 33:50) of the numinous, puzzling and sublime story of Jacob’s Ladder.
Origin story of Bethel with shades of Babel, window into ancient Israelite theological development, temples, anointing & other goodies. ⚓️
open.spotify.com/episode/4EXo...
Origin story of Bethel with shades of Babel, window into ancient Israelite theological development, temples, anointing & other goodies. ⚓️
open.spotify.com/episode/4EXo...
How Did Abraham Know About the City of God? – The City Q+R
open.spotify.com
November 11, 2025 at 8:26 PM
Not new but excellent Bible Project discussion here (at 33:50) of the numinous, puzzling and sublime story of Jacob’s Ladder.
Origin story of Bethel with shades of Babel, window into ancient Israelite theological development, temples, anointing & other goodies. ⚓️
open.spotify.com/episode/4EXo...
Origin story of Bethel with shades of Babel, window into ancient Israelite theological development, temples, anointing & other goodies. ⚓️
open.spotify.com/episode/4EXo...
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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. ⚓
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The three-legged stool is from Hooker just like “Celtic liturgy” is from ancient Celts.
November 10, 2025 at 11:03 PM
The three-legged stool is from Hooker just like “Celtic liturgy” is from ancient Celts.
Hooker actually lays it out Scripture -> reason -> tradition. Though Urban T. Holmes, who spread the idea very much, put at least reason at the same level with Scripture, saying that it's a mistake to put Scripture over reason. Something Hooker did not believe. (cont) ⚓
November 10, 2025 at 8:28 PM
Hooker actually lays it out Scripture -> reason -> tradition. Though Urban T. Holmes, who spread the idea very much, put at least reason at the same level with Scripture, saying that it's a mistake to put Scripture over reason. Something Hooker did not believe. (cont) ⚓
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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
drawnfromthechalice.substack.com
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?" ⚓
The idea of the “three-legged-stool” has had a very corrosive effect on Anglicanism ⚓️
November 10, 2025 at 6:20 PM
The idea of the “three-legged-stool” has had a very corrosive effect on Anglicanism ⚓️
Making a point thinking a lot about the Edmund Fitzgerald and her crew today
And all lost at sea
youtu.be/9vST6hVRj2A?...
And all lost at sea
youtu.be/9vST6hVRj2A?...
"The Wreck of the Edmund Fitzgerald" - Gordon Lightfoot (HD w/ Lyrics)
YouTube video by Zeezy
youtu.be
November 10, 2025 at 2:12 PM
Making a point thinking a lot about the Edmund Fitzgerald and her crew today
And all lost at sea
youtu.be/9vST6hVRj2A?...
And all lost at sea
youtu.be/9vST6hVRj2A?...
The Anglican sorter has sorted me. I think this quiz is much less good though than the one @theodramatist.com made
Though I get the same result essentially either way (Laudian/Old High type)
Though I get the same result essentially either way (Laudian/Old High type)
November 5, 2025 at 7:08 PM
The Anglican sorter has sorted me. I think this quiz is much less good though than the one @theodramatist.com made
Though I get the same result essentially either way (Laudian/Old High type)
Though I get the same result essentially either way (Laudian/Old High type)
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What the Gospel sounds like now, in three minutes. ⚓
“Because our conscious demands it!” Reverend David Black #chicago #fdt #davidblack #realchristian #immigration
November 5, 2025 at 2:29 PM
What the Gospel sounds like now, in three minutes. ⚓
Pastime with Good Company is an incredible bop. Problematic fave musician: Henry VIII.
October 28, 2025 at 10:00 PM
Pastime with Good Company is an incredible bop. Problematic fave musician: Henry VIII.