Anglican Church of the Resurrection

ChristianAudio.com is a wonderful web site for busy bookish types.   It's based right here in San Diego and is run by Dave Bruno, an old friend of mine from mega church days (Emmanuel Faith Community Church, Escondido).  One of the co-founders, Cory Vernor, attended Grace Episcopal Church in San Marcos with his family for a while until they figured out where the Episcopal Church was heading ('took 'em 'bout 10 minutes).  They packed up the children and headed back to evangelical safe harbor a.s.a.p.  A real loss for us, but we never blamed them of course.

Anyway, I digress...

Each month, ChristianAudio.com offers a free download to folks on their not-spammy-at-all mailing list.  Some of the freebies are better than others.  I think you'll agree this month's title, Augustine's Confessions, is a real winner.  Augustine's conversational neoplatonism is the perfect thing for working out at the gym, forcing it on the family during your long road trip to somewhere fun, or blasting it from your boom box down at the beach this Sunday.

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Saint Augustine's Confessions

Saint Augustine's contributions to Christian theology are second to no other post-apostolic author in the whole sweep of church history. Yet along side his doctrinal treatises, Augustine tells a story of his life devoted to Christ as his only satisfaction. The Confessions is at once the autobiographical account of Augustine's life of Christian faith and at the same time a compelling theology of Christian spirituality for everyone. Among the most important classics in Western literature, it continues to engage modern readers through Augustine's timeless illustrations and beautiful prose. Augustine's Confessions is a book to relish the first time through and then profoundly enjoy over a lifetime of revisiting.

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Apologies for the radio silence of late.  You might have guessed I was taking a nice vacation.  I'm happy to report, however, quite the opposite. I'm absolutely drowning in a deluge of Anglican community and parish web projects at the moment.  Suddenly, it seems, everyone in the Western Anglican realignment has caught the bug to build.  About half of the projects are typical parish sites. The others are wider-scope, metropolitan and regional community sites like this one.

The building begins...

I'm getting that feeling you get when visiting a city with more cranes visible in the skyline than actual buildings.  An entrepreneurial wind is blowing.  An early indicator of growth.  'Just thought I'd share by way of encouragement.

Anyway, I hope you're enjoying these last few weeks of summer.  Don't forget to get your calendar items for the Fall into the Western Anglicans system (contact Fr. Eric Menees).  Include this site too, so we know what you've got going.

P.S.  As part of this development frenzy of late, several significant updates to this site are underway.  For the time being, however, the church finder is down as are some of the other features like the photo gallery.  All of it will be back soon with added features and updated data.

P.S.S. If you'd like to get involved with this web site or help out with Anglican goings-ons here in San Diego, there's lots to do, and your contribution would be most welcome.