The BCP and Me

Our newest offering for your listening pleasure is an episode that explores The Offertory Sentences and what they tell us about the whole idea of The Eucharist: what we are doing, what we are asked to do, and how all these things coalesce in worship.

After an unplanned and prolonged hiatus, the good fathers are back with an episode recorded in August of 2022. In this episode Fr. Tyler and Fr. Joshua explore the structures of The Eucharistic Prayers A, B, and D, with a mention of prayer C. Stay tuned for more new material soon!

In this Episode Fathers Tyler and Joshua begin their exploration and exposition of The Holy Eucharist, the principle act of Worship in The Episcopal Church. The Episode begins with the Salutation and continues to The Peace.

Fr. Tyler, having stumbled upon some subtleties in the rubrics, joins Fr. Joshua in a discussion of the value of this service as a stand-alone service, and about the ongoing revelation of the mercy and grace of God towards us.

Join the Fathers as they discuss the beginnings of The Eucharist and especially the Exhortation, the great preamble to the celebration of The Holy Eucharist that exhorts us to prepare ourselves before coming to the table of The Lord.

Fathers Tyler and Joshua finish up the discussion of Holy Baptism including Chrism, the actual Baptism itself, and a discussion about how Baptism is simply the beginning of a longer journey lived out in Christ.

Join Fr. Tyler and Fr. Joshua for the second part of the discussion around Holy Baptism. The discussion in this episode surrounds the prayers for the candidates through the Thanksgiving over the Water.

"Holy Baptism is the sacrament by which God adopts us as his children and makes us members of Christ's Body, the Church, and inheritors of the kingdom of God." Join Fr. Tyler and Fr. Joshua as they wade into the waters of Baptism and talk about what is required of us as we come to be baptized or as we present someone for baptism.

In a long-overdue conclusion to The Liturgy of The Word, Fr. Joshua and Fr. Tyler are back for a strange hybrid of the end of season 2 and the beginning of Season 3. Listen in as they discuss the second half of the readings for the Easter Vigil. Visit our Website www.bcpandme.com.

As Father Tyler and Father Joshua continue through the Easter Vigil Liturgy, they explore the first half of readings set for The Great Vigil of Easter.

Part of our growing list of digital resources, presented here is a recording of The Exsultet, the great hymn of victory of the Church sung during the Easter Vigil. This recording is taken from our first Episode on The Great Vigil of Easter.

In the conclusion to their second season, Father Tyler and Father Joshua present a multi-part episode of The Great Vigil of Easter, the holiest night of The Christian Year. In this first of three Episodes, they explore the roots, elements, and traditions of The Easter Vigil that encompass the first part of the service, referred to as The Service of Light. The BCP and Me is Sponsored by Forward Movement

In this episode Fr. Tyler and Fr. Joshua discuss the small office of Holy Saturday, nestled inside the great liturgy for The Triduum. The office offers us the invitation to be silent and to walk slowly past the tomb; to see it not as a dormant vessel, but a container from which will emerge the salvation of the world. Visit our Website: www.bcpandme.com The BCP and Me is Sponsored by Forward Movement

Fr. Tyler and Fr. Joshua present a dramatic reading of the Passion according to St. John. What follows before the actual passion is our statement regarding antisemitism and antisemitic sentiments that often surround this passage of scripture. It is our hope that we can do our small part in turning back the tide of misunderstanding and xenophobia.  

Picking up where they left off from last Episode Father Tyler and Father Joshua continue through the Triduum with Good Friday. There are highlights of hope, joy, mystery, and expectation within the liturgy itself. Good Friday has a lot of good to it, if we would stop to meditate on the fullness of the service. 

Trailer for our next episode that explores the liturgy for Good Friday. 

Father Tyler and Father Joshua dive into the liturgy for Maundy Thursday. The first service in the three-part liturgy of The Triduum focuses on self-sacrificial service and love, and involves the sensual as well as the sacred. There's also a fair amount of talk about washing feet and the defense of the practice. 

In the first episode in a series on the liturgies for Holy Week, Father Tyler and Fr Joshua explore the dual natures of the service for Palm Sunday and take a deeper look at the transformation from praise to condemnation.  Link for Holy Wisdom Monastery: https://holywisdommonastery.org

Welcome to Season Two of The BCP and Me! After an unannounced vacation, Father Tyler and Father Joshua are back with a new episode in a new section of The Book of Common Prayer, Proper Liturgies for Special Days. The two take a look at the Liturgy for Ash Wednesday and talk about how it breathes God's love over ALL of God's People. That means you.  National Suicide Prevention Hotline: 1-800-273-8255

Father Tyler and Father Joshua grew up in a time when calling someone Collect was just a matter of fact from time to time. In this week's episode, The Collects of The Church year are the topic du jour. 

This week Fr Tyler and Fr Joshua are joined by fellow School of Theology Alum Mother Claire Makins as they discuss the power of The Great Litany and all the things it has to teach us about the importance of cultivating a life of prayer.  #YSR #EQB 

A rebroadcast of Fr. Tyler and Fr. Joshua taking their podcast online for a discussion about Compline, probably one of the most prayed offices in The Book of Common Prayer! 

Fathers Joshua and Tyler discuss Evening Prayer as a bookend to the Daily Office, and a bookend as a marker of time.  

In this week's episode, The Fathers discuss Noonday Prayer and Devotions for Individuals and families as ways to stop, take stock, and reorient our lives back towards God. These services in the BCP also serve as reminders of God's never-failing presence in our lives.   See our website for more information and more resources for your ongoing journey with God.  http://www/bcpandme.com

Matt Rony spends more time with Fr. Tyler and Fr. Joshua as they finish up their conversation around The Daily Office and its various elements.  Visit our website for more resources:www.bcpandme.com/resources

Father Tyler and Father Joshua are joined by Matt Rony for the first in a series of episodes discussing The Daily Office from The Book of Common Prayer. In this episode, the three discuss the origins of the office and begin to discuss the currents running through The Office. For more information and for a growing set of resources visit www.bcpandme.com Theme Music is by The Rev. Joshua D. Nelson Mastering by The Rev. Tyler C. Richards  

Teaser for our next Episode on The Office, more commonly known as The Daily Office, the offices of prayer set out in the book of common prayer that have been a part of Christian Worship for more than a millennia.  Theme from The Office is by The  Scrantones

In the second episode of The BCP and Me Fathers Tyler and Joshua have an unusually joyful and rich conversation about The Calendar of The Church Year, and what it can tell us about our relationship to God and God's creation.  You can find our website at www.bcpandme.com. There you can find out more about us and can find links to more resources as they become available.  #Episcopal #Jesus #Faith Theme Music is by The Rev. Joshua D. Nelson Mastering by The Rev. Tyler C. Richards

Fathers Tyler Richards and Joshua Nelson introduce the Podcast and tell a little bit about who they are and their journeys that brought them to The Episcopal Church and to The Book of Common Prayer. Find The Book of Common Prayer online at http://bcponline.org #episcopalchurch #Jesus #liturgy