Liza Anderson @ecclesiangst.bsky.social · 09/09/2026(This is in the US, so it may not fully translate. But I found that I could sometimes do better formation in 3-4 very intensive "bursts" a year than I could when they were always there but divided among so many other responsibilities that they often couldn't be fully present to the experience.) 000
Liza Anderson @ecclesiangst.bsky.social · 09/09/2026One of the things that converted me to low-residency (as opposed to fully online) formats is that when the students come for their intensives they are all REALLY present, 24/7. Whereas when I taught in "residential" seminaries, students had in-person classes but otherwise led very dispersed lives. 210
Liza Anderson @ecclesiangst.bsky.social · 11/08/2026In parishes that I've belonged to, Associate Priest meant a regular part of the full-time parish staff, and Priest Associate meant those who were retired or otherwise employed (professor, chaplain, grad student, etc.) but who attended the parish and sometimes assisted with preaching or liturgy. 3210
Liza Anderson @ecclesiangst.bsky.social · 03/08/2026But I do laugh at things that now seem VERY dated. By which I don't even mean the graphics, but rules like "the citizens of a democracy cannot be incited to revolt"! It's like "oh...sweet, innocent 1996...I have some bad news...." 010
Liza Anderson @ecclesiangst.bsky.social · 03/08/2026I will confess that I still play Civilization II, either as Mongols or customized to "Monastics"! (I insist on playing non-violently, but my army of diplomats and spies "persuades" everyone to submit voluntarily and then I build them all temples and and cathedrals and libraries! 110
Liza Anderson @ecclesiangst.bsky.social · 22/07/2026Are there logical explanations? Sure. But I like to think that both Mary and the locusts were so charmed by this image that they decided the entire species should immediately leave Minnesota and go to serve as her attendants in heaven! 010
Liza Anderson @ecclesiangst.bsky.social · 22/07/2026Today I visited one of my favorite Minnesota churches- the Grasshopper Chapel! Originally built as a plea for Mary's intercession against the plague of Rocky Mountain locusts that was devastating the state, by the time the second mass was said, they were gone. Shortly thereafter they went extinct! ⚓ 160
Liza Anderson @ecclesiangst.bsky.social · 14/07/2026For those looking for some fun continuing education, I'm teaching an online course on ancient and medieval Christianity in Asia and Africa this September and October! I'm excited to be able to teach a dedicated course on this material. cdsp.edu/call-courses... 1154
Liza Anderson @ecclesiangst.bsky.social · 05/07/2026Literally just went to my calendar to make a note to preemptively plan an international trip next July 4, and I see that nope, I will be at General Convention! Although one hopes they will follow the rubrics there... 030
Liza Anderson @ecclesiangst.bsky.social · 18/06/2026What is the title of this book, please? (Also, have you seen this new one? It's sitting on my desk but I have two writing deadlines looming and so I'm not letting myself touch it yet...) www.amazon.com/Strain-Other...amazon.comAmazon.com 110
Liza Anderson @ecclesiangst.bsky.social · 13/05/2026Jesus was like "okay, I know we're going to have a bunch of Christian Neoplatonists like Liza who think all of this is just about "exitus et reditus" and need me to complete the circle that underpins their whole sacramental theology. And since I already went "down" to hell, I guess...upwards it is!" 020
Reposted by Liza AndersonJakob Karl Rinderknecht @jkrinder.bsky.social · 15/04/2026The CFP for the North American Academy of Ecumenists is now live -- due June 15th -- we are looking for papers considering the common good, ecotheology, and the world church in some relation to Christian unity. Full CFP at bit.ly/2026NAAE Some scholarships available for presenters w/o support 264
Liza Anderson @ecclesiangst.bsky.social · 04/04/2026Truly amazing actual dropdown menu of option for "sex" when booking tickets for the Vatican Museums! 030
Liza Anderson @ecclesiangst.bsky.social · 11/03/2026Genuinely thought this was going to be about the Anglican Consultative Council until I got to the second sentence and was disappointed... 150
Reposted by Liza AndersonElise Wang @elisewang.bsky.social · 16/02/2026I propose to make universal the old policy of the Blackfriars conference at the American Shakespeare Center: If you do not end your paper on time, you will be forced to exit, pursued by a bear. Literally, a bear will come take your paper from you. 331624565
Liza Anderson @ecclesiangst.bsky.social · 15/02/2026I've been in congregations where everyone imposes ashes on the next person, and I HATE it so much!!! But not because it needs to be clergy, but because it feels like a hostile act of aggression against introverts. I'm like "oh my gosh, just let me PRAY and don't give me more things to SAY and DO!" 170
Liza Anderson @ecclesiangst.bsky.social · 13/02/2026Both are good, but I actually think Holy Dying is the better of the two, so I usually tell people to start with that one and then move onto Holy Living if they like him and want more! 130
Liza Anderson @ecclesiangst.bsky.social · 13/02/2026I mean, I'm a church history professor who goes to daily mass (when offered), so the calendar is actually pretty central to my spirituality. And yet even as a historian, I sometimes feel like we're spending a disproportionate amount of energy looking backwards rather than forwards... 1120
Liza Anderson @ecclesiangst.bsky.social · 13/02/2026Yes, it's also that the calendar often functions as a reflection of "us" and how we see ourselves as a church. But surely prayer book and hymnal are that as well, and we aren't seeing NEARLY the same level of engagement in terms of people proposing other kinds of liturgical changes... 280
Liza Anderson @ecclesiangst.bsky.social · 13/02/2026(My deeply unsettling theory to explain what is going on here is that we are basically using the calendar as a way to write our own collective obituary, and so every diocese/ seminary/ organization needs a line in there remembering how great we once were...) 190
Liza Anderson @ecclesiangst.bsky.social · 13/02/2026Mostly joking but semi-serious proposal that we invent "Reverse Lent Madness" and use it to vote people off the Episcopal calendar since are narrowly approaching "every day is a feast day!" territory... There are apparently a few dozen more in the works to come to General Convention 2027... 2122
Liza Anderson @ecclesiangst.bsky.social · 13/02/2026They're also in Weekday Eucharistic Propers if people don't have the 2006 edition and are looking for something still in print! (There's been a mixed reaction to separating them from the rest of LFF, but people can't stop adding calendar commemorations and we needed to be able to bind the book...) 110
Liza Anderson @ecclesiangst.bsky.social · 09/02/2026Ask Uzzah how well trying to protect God worked for him... www.biblegateway.com/passage/?sea... 000
Liza Anderson @ecclesiangst.bsky.social · 09/02/2026<sings> "One of these things is not like the others...one of these things is...an Anglican!" ⚓ 1100
Liza Anderson @ecclesiangst.bsky.social · 09/02/2026Come study History of Christian Monasticism with me online next quarter! ⚓ cdsp.edu/call-courses... 5183
Liza Anderson @ecclesiangst.bsky.social · 23/01/2026This 9 bedroom house right next to the Episcopal cathedral in Minneapolis was clearly meant to be an Episcopal monastery, right? I have the people, just not the part where it requires money to take a vow of poverty under conditions of capitalism... www.zillow.com/homedetails/...zillow.com425 Oak Grove St, Minneapolis, MN 55403 | MLS #6764149 | ZillowThis 6286 square feet Single Family home has 9 bedrooms and 12 bathrooms. It is located at 425 Oak Grove St, Minneapolis, MN. 060
Liza Anderson @ecclesiangst.bsky.social · 02/01/2026I might add that tradition also developed to explain why Joseph suddenly disappears from the Gospel accounts by the time Jesus is an adult. He doesn't seem like the type to just up and leave, and while he could have died tragically young, I think people wanted him to have had a gentler end... 160
Liza Anderson @ecclesiangst.bsky.social · 31/12/20251. How to Inhabit Time by James K.A.Smith 2.A Philosopher Looks at the Religious Life by Zita Hitz 3. Queer Callings by Mark Jordan 4. Love in Time by Fannie Bialek 5. Lower than the Angels by Diarmaid MacCulloch 040
Liza Anderson @ecclesiangst.bsky.social · 31/12/2025Most of what I read this year was related to specific research projects, but here are a handful of things I would more generally recommend: 151
Liza Anderson @ecclesiangst.bsky.social · 23/12/2025(Honestly, really what I want is to teach all congregations to chant the psalms, even if they stuck to one psalm tone and one ending for everything Learning one tone is not hard, and the experience of chanting the psalms is just so much richer...AND makes it easier to stick together!) 040
Liza Anderson @ecclesiangst.bsky.social · 23/12/2025My preference would be by whole verse since that is what works best when chanting and I think of chanting as normative and recitation as derivative, but I have admittedly found that "pause at the *" is really hard for people to do while reciting and still stay together. 140
Liza Anderson @ecclesiangst.bsky.social · 04/12/2025Choosing to believe that each apostle contributed exactly 1 of the 12 ingredients like it was a terrible potluck, and imagining what each one of them might bring... 180
Liza Anderson @ecclesiangst.bsky.social · 18/11/2025Come study church history with me! I'm teaching online classes in Episcopal history (starting in January), and the history of Christian monasticism (starting in April). I'm especially excited about getting to teach monasticism, and hoping it will draw a good enrollment! ⚓ cdsp.edu/call/online/cdsp.eduCALL Online Courses - Church Divinity School of the PacificThe Center for Anglican Learning and Leadership’s (CALL) online courses are offered throughout the year and are designed so that you can participate at your own pace and at your […] 2184
Liza Anderson @ecclesiangst.bsky.social · 14/11/2025And the appointed OT reading is "Israel demands a king, assuring God that it will go really well and that the king will definitely never abuse power at all"! 150
Liza Anderson @ecclesiangst.bsky.social · 03/11/2025earthandaltarmag.com/posts/2vdlch...earthandaltarmag.comSeeking Saint Expedite: Confessions of a Penitent Procrastinator — Earth and AltarI first encountered Saint Expedite six years ago while wandering through the streets of Buenos Aires; I turned a corner and stumbled upon a crowded sidewalk shrine packed with devotees praying and lig... 140
Liza Anderson @ecclesiangst.bsky.social · 14/09/2025(Although I somewhat regretted it after reading a great sermon by Bernard of Clairvaux about how Mary contemplates, Martha manages and administrates, and Lazarus cleans things! Maybe he can be there if he's actually washing the dishes and letting Martha do more important work!) 040
Liza Anderson @ecclesiangst.bsky.social · 14/09/2025That one predates me, so I actually don't know. The extent of my interference in that feast was kicking Lazarus out and letting the girls have their own day again! 120
Liza Anderson @ecclesiangst.bsky.social · 12/09/2025I think it was intended to be v.6. (Give people 9 or 13 verses and there would be riots...Or, more realistically for Episcopalians, silent mutiny and just not doing all that!) 010
Liza Anderson @ecclesiangst.bsky.social · 06/09/2025I impulse bought something I've never seen before, which turns out to be a kind of squash! Me: "what is this?" Farmer: "Not sure, but I'd sauté it. It gets soggy if you roast it." Me: "...okay, I'll take 2 of whatever it is!" 110
Liza Anderson @ecclesiangst.bsky.social · 03/09/2025In general, I'm on team "don't treat the Trinity as though you just read an organizational theory textbook and now think every hypostasis needs a clear job on your org chart", but if I wanted to defend it I would probably lean more on the creedal language of "giver of life". 1151
Liza Anderson @ecclesiangst.bsky.social · 20/06/2025Also, I know you prefer not online, but you might like something like the certificate in Benedictine Spirituality at St. John's, which has a mix of online and short term summer classes: www.csbsju.edu/sot/academic... I keep sending them Episcopalians, and people all seem to really like it.csbsju.eduCertificate & Non-Degree Programs | School of Theology and SeminaryCertificate & Non-Degree Programs. Our two colleges work passionately to create individual learning experiences that meet the goals of each student. 020
Liza Anderson @ecclesiangst.bsky.social · 20/06/20253. And very generally, travel/exchange and language immersion courses. Specifics would depend totally on your own interests, but possibilities include different Anglican seminaries that take sabbatical guests, the Anglican Centre in Rome, St. George's College Jerusalem, etc. 020
Liza Anderson @ecclesiangst.bsky.social · 20/06/20251. Experiential learning trips through the CICW. (Scroll down to past events; I assume these will be offered again next year) worship.calvin.edu/events 2. Executive Certificate in Religious Fundraising lakeinstitute.org/education/ex...worship.calvin.eduEvents | Calvin Institute of Christian Worship 120
Liza Anderson @ecclesiangst.bsky.social · 28/05/2025In addition to what others have said, I would point out that canons often exist because people do bad things! For example, I know of a defrocked priest who has regularly represented himself as "retired" and offers to take services when he is traveling, and not everyone checks his story.... 2100
Liza Anderson @ecclesiangst.bsky.social · 25/05/2025A very reasonable and relatable reaction to going for a walk in the fresh air, honestly, even if there HADN'T been an execution waiting at the end of it... (From Salvation at Stake by Brad Gregory, p.99) 020
Liza Anderson @ecclesiangst.bsky.social · 25/05/2025I should have planned this better, because I was in town for CDSP's graduation and could totally have crashed that service! But I did have great worship with St. Mark's in Berkeley and am now off to the airport... 020
Liza Anderson @ecclesiangst.bsky.social · 20/05/2025The CALL program at CDSP is pretty good. It's online asynchronous, and very affordable at only $150 a course. (On the 2025-2026 list, I am teaching History of the Episcopal Church and History of Christian Monasticism...) cdsp.edu/call/online/cdsp.eduCALL Online Courses - Church Divinity School of the PacifiThe Center for Anglican Learning and Leadership’s (CALL) online courses are offered throughout the year and are designed so that you can participate at your own pace and at your […] 020