Dave Langille
@cdnusboy.bsky.social
Dave Langille
Dad, husband & 🇨🇦 Anglican in the Episcopal Church in Minnesota. Resident Alien & International Man of Mystery, primarily lurker and kibitzer on these azure skies.
Dad, husband & 🇨🇦 Anglican in the Episcopal Church in Minnesota. Resident Alien & International Man of Mystery, primarily lurker and kibitzer on these azure skies.
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Dave Langille
@cdnusboy.bsky.social
· Oct 20
The Anglican tradition, as I have received it: "the absolute priority of the Bible, a catholic loyalty to the sacraments, and a habit of cultural sensitivity and intellectual flexibility." ⚓
--Rowan Williams
--Rowan Williams
Say a prayer for those who go down to the sea in ships.
Its the start of the Lobster season back in my native Nova Scotia: "They that go down to the sea in ships, that do business in great waters; These see the works of the Lord, and his wonders in the deep".
Its the start of the Lobster season back in my native Nova Scotia: "They that go down to the sea in ships, that do business in great waters; These see the works of the Lord, and his wonders in the deep".
November 25, 2025 at 4:05 PM
Say a prayer for those who go down to the sea in ships.
Its the start of the Lobster season back in my native Nova Scotia: "They that go down to the sea in ships, that do business in great waters; These see the works of the Lord, and his wonders in the deep".
Its the start of the Lobster season back in my native Nova Scotia: "They that go down to the sea in ships, that do business in great waters; These see the works of the Lord, and his wonders in the deep".
Iesvs Nazarenvs Rex Ivdæorvm
ישו הנוצרי, מלך יהודיים
Ἰησοῦς ὁ Ναζωραῖος ὁ βασιλεύς τῶν Ἰουδαίων
(The Crucifixion window, Messiah, St. Paul)
ישו הנוצרי, מלך יהודיים
Ἰησοῦς ὁ Ναζωραῖος ὁ βασιλεύς τῶν Ἰουδαίων
(The Crucifixion window, Messiah, St. Paul)
November 23, 2025 at 1:10 PM
Iesvs Nazarenvs Rex Ivdæorvm
ישו הנוצרי, מלך יהודיים
Ἰησοῦς ὁ Ναζωραῖος ὁ βασιλεύς τῶν Ἰουδαίων
(The Crucifixion window, Messiah, St. Paul)
ישו הנוצרי, מלך יהודיים
Ἰησοῦς ὁ Ναζωραῖος ὁ βασιλεύς τῶν Ἰουδαίων
(The Crucifixion window, Messiah, St. Paul)
Grace.
When he was praying as he hung on the cross, he could see all his enemies, he could foresee that many of them would become his friends. That's why he was interceding for them all. They were saying to Pilate "Crucify!"; he was crying out, "Father, forgive".
--Augustine
When he was praying as he hung on the cross, he could see all his enemies, he could foresee that many of them would become his friends. That's why he was interceding for them all. They were saying to Pilate "Crucify!"; he was crying out, "Father, forgive".
--Augustine
November 23, 2025 at 12:52 PM
Grace.
When he was praying as he hung on the cross, he could see all his enemies, he could foresee that many of them would become his friends. That's why he was interceding for them all. They were saying to Pilate "Crucify!"; he was crying out, "Father, forgive".
--Augustine
When he was praying as he hung on the cross, he could see all his enemies, he could foresee that many of them would become his friends. That's why he was interceding for them all. They were saying to Pilate "Crucify!"; he was crying out, "Father, forgive".
--Augustine
Rather large weekend for us at Messiah, St. Paul. Covet your prayers for us, and for the ministry of the Holy Spirit in our midst ⚓
November 20, 2025 at 10:03 PM
Rather large weekend for us at Messiah, St. Paul. Covet your prayers for us, and for the ministry of the Holy Spirit in our midst ⚓
Reposted by Dave Langille
All the Tennessee bishops calling for a moratorium on the death penalty: dioet.org/blog/joint-s... ⚓
Joint Statement on the Death Penalty from Tennessee’s Episcopal Bishops - The Episcopal Diocese of East Tennessee
From the Three Episcopal Bishops of Tennessee Joint Statement on the Death Penalty Since the 1958 General Convention of the Episcopal Church, our Church has consistently called for an end […]
dioet.org
November 20, 2025 at 12:32 AM
All the Tennessee bishops calling for a moratorium on the death penalty: dioet.org/blog/joint-s... ⚓
Found this quote from Origen in an old sermon file:
"Whence will you burn? Whence will ‘the coals of fire’ be found in you who are never set on fire by the declaration of the Lord, never inflamed by the words of the Holy Spirit?"
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"Whence will you burn? Whence will ‘the coals of fire’ be found in you who are never set on fire by the declaration of the Lord, never inflamed by the words of the Holy Spirit?"
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November 19, 2025 at 4:51 PM
Found this quote from Origen in an old sermon file:
"Whence will you burn? Whence will ‘the coals of fire’ be found in you who are never set on fire by the declaration of the Lord, never inflamed by the words of the Holy Spirit?"
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"Whence will you burn? Whence will ‘the coals of fire’ be found in you who are never set on fire by the declaration of the Lord, never inflamed by the words of the Holy Spirit?"
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Double Baptism today, for two little cousins. Always nice to remind folks this is how we preach salvation in the Episcopal Church ⚓
November 16, 2025 at 2:15 PM
Double Baptism today, for two little cousins. Always nice to remind folks this is how we preach salvation in the Episcopal Church ⚓
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". ⚓
Messiah, St. Paul is well on its way with Renewal Works. So good!
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November 12, 2025 at 1:54 AM
Messiah, St. Paul is well on its way with Renewal Works. So good!
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From the Prayer Book Society of Canada ⚓
November 11, 2025 at 9:41 PM
From the Prayer Book Society of Canada ⚓
At the eleventh hour on the eleventh day of the eleventh month.
They shall grow not old, as we that are left grow old:
Age shall not weary them, nor the years condemn.
At the going down of the sun and in the morning
We will remember them.
They shall grow not old, as we that are left grow old:
Age shall not weary them, nor the years condemn.
At the going down of the sun and in the morning
We will remember them.
November 11, 2025 at 5:00 PM
At the eleventh hour on the eleventh day of the eleventh month.
They shall grow not old, as we that are left grow old:
Age shall not weary them, nor the years condemn.
At the going down of the sun and in the morning
We will remember them.
They shall grow not old, as we that are left grow old:
Age shall not weary them, nor the years condemn.
At the going down of the sun and in the morning
We will remember them.
Reposted by Dave Langille
It’s been a powerful and moving day, praying with and listening to our Palestinian Christian sisters and brothers in Ramallah in the occupied West Bank. Thank you Father Fadi for hosting us on day two of our pilgrimage of prayer and solidarity.
November 9, 2025 at 7:43 PM
It’s been a powerful and moving day, praying with and listening to our Palestinian Christian sisters and brothers in Ramallah in the occupied West Bank. Thank you Father Fadi for hosting us on day two of our pilgrimage of prayer and solidarity.
Lest we forget.
Delighted to see these painted sidewalks and crosswalks popping up on my timeline. This, from Stellarton, in my home province of Nova Scotia.
Delighted to see these painted sidewalks and crosswalks popping up on my timeline. This, from Stellarton, in my home province of Nova Scotia.
November 9, 2025 at 7:51 PM
Lest we forget.
Delighted to see these painted sidewalks and crosswalks popping up on my timeline. This, from Stellarton, in my home province of Nova Scotia.
Delighted to see these painted sidewalks and crosswalks popping up on my timeline. This, from Stellarton, in my home province of Nova Scotia.
When I pray, coincidences happen.
When I don't, they don't.
-- Archbishop William Temple
When I don't, they don't.
-- Archbishop William Temple
November 6, 2025 at 5:56 PM
When I pray, coincidences happen.
When I don't, they don't.
-- Archbishop William Temple
When I don't, they don't.
-- Archbishop William Temple
Reposted by Dave Langille
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Feast of William Temple
1881-1944
Feast of William Temple
1881-1944
November 6, 2025 at 2:08 PM
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Feast of William Temple
1881-1944
Feast of William Temple
1881-1944
Our task with this world is to convert it. Its need can be met only by the shattering impact upon its self-sufficiency and arrogance by the Son of God, crucified, risen and ascended, pouring forth that explosive and disruptive energy which is the Holy Ghost!
--William Temple
--William Temple
November 6, 2025 at 1:52 PM
Our task with this world is to convert it. Its need can be met only by the shattering impact upon its self-sufficiency and arrogance by the Son of God, crucified, risen and ascended, pouring forth that explosive and disruptive energy which is the Holy Ghost!
--William Temple
--William Temple
A local urban school Messiah partners with is asking for an emergency food drive to help student families as a result of the government shutdown, and loss of SNAP food support. We're on it, while praying the shutdown ends ⚓
November 4, 2025 at 7:47 PM
A local urban school Messiah partners with is asking for an emergency food drive to help student families as a result of the government shutdown, and loss of SNAP food support. We're on it, while praying the shutdown ends ⚓
Always such a chore convincing the election canvassers of my International Man of Mystery / Resident Alien status. Of course they haven't seen my secret Canadian lair.
November 4, 2025 at 6:01 PM
Always such a chore convincing the election canvassers of my International Man of Mystery / Resident Alien status. Of course they haven't seen my secret Canadian lair.
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“And I took the little scroll from the hand of the angel and ate it; it was sweet as honey in my mouth, but when I had eaten it my stomach was made bitter.”
New bible study method just dropped ⚓️
New bible study method just dropped ⚓️
November 3, 2025 at 6:07 PM
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From the Prayer Book Society of Canada: Today is All Souls’ Day (transferred from November 2). Image: “Place of Meeting,” Thomas Noyes-Lewis, 1862-1946).
A fitting image indeed for this last day of Allhallowtide with Remembrance Day next week ⚓
A fitting image indeed for this last day of Allhallowtide with Remembrance Day next week ⚓
November 3, 2025 at 5:48 PM
From the Prayer Book Society of Canada: Today is All Souls’ Day (transferred from November 2). Image: “Place of Meeting,” Thomas Noyes-Lewis, 1862-1946).
A fitting image indeed for this last day of Allhallowtide with Remembrance Day next week ⚓
A fitting image indeed for this last day of Allhallowtide with Remembrance Day next week ⚓
Just a reminder Allhallowtide is not a dark time, but rather the great hope of unspeakable joy ⚓
November 2, 2025 at 12:56 PM
Just a reminder Allhallowtide is not a dark time, but rather the great hope of unspeakable joy ⚓
Halloween Costume Idea!
October 31, 2025 at 2:53 PM
Halloween Costume Idea!
Happy Visitation of the Great Pumpkin, to all who celebrate.
October 31, 2025 at 12:03 PM
Happy Visitation of the Great Pumpkin, to all who celebrate.
Peak Autumnal American Anglicanism at Nashotah House.
The first residence and Chapel, the Blue House built in 1840 and the Red Chapel built in 1842 ⚓
The first residence and Chapel, the Blue House built in 1840 and the Red Chapel built in 1842 ⚓
October 30, 2025 at 7:49 PM
Peak Autumnal American Anglicanism at Nashotah House.
The first residence and Chapel, the Blue House built in 1840 and the Red Chapel built in 1842 ⚓
The first residence and Chapel, the Blue House built in 1840 and the Red Chapel built in 1842 ⚓
How was my day, you ask?
Very, very, Lutheran, thanks.
Very, very, Lutheran, thanks.
October 28, 2025 at 10:48 PM
How was my day, you ask?
Very, very, Lutheran, thanks.
Very, very, Lutheran, thanks.