Everyday Monks

“This Is a Completely Different Thing”: Praying with the Whole Church Each of the four monks first picked up the Book of Common Prayer on his own and used it like any other devotional book, dipping in for a beautiful prayer now and then. None of them knew how it was meant to work. On this episode, they tell how that changed when they began praying the Offices with other people: at Evensong, at sun...

A parishioner posted a photo of Evening Prayer, and a stranger commented: “What’s up with the guy in the outfit? I don’t need a priest. I just need Jesus.” Many evangelicals would say the same, because they hear it as loyalty to Christ alone. This week the Everyday Monks ask what that sentence assumes about the Church, the sacraments, and the spiritual life. We look at what Jesus actually did: he...

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Sola (Solo) Spirituality What happens when we begin to build our spiritual lives on our own? In this episode of Everyday Monks , we explore the rise of “solo spirituality” —the tendency to create our own spiritual practices, choose our own teachers, and develop our own rule of life apart from the life of the Church. What the Monks Discuss: Constructing vs. receiving the Christian life. - Why indiv...

NEW EPISODE: Why the Prayer Book Still Matters After a busy season of Holy Week, Easter, clergy retreats, church planting, and parish life, the Everyday Monks crew is finally back around the podcast table. In this episode, Fr. Michael Vinson, Fr. Michael Templin, Fr. Marq Toombs, and Deacon Timothy Wilson catch up on life, ministry, and the recent Anglican Way Institute Conference hosted at the hi...

What if one of the most practical ways to strengthen a parish—or steady a church plant—is simply this: sing the Prayer Book ? In this special edition of Everyday Monks , we’re joined by our friend Andrew Dittman for a wide-ranging conversation on Anglican worship, parish music, and spiritual formation. Andrew shares how his Kyrial Project (a kyrial —a collection of sung service music and responses...

Enter the Story: Holy Week Easter is coming. But first… we must walk the road. Holy Week is not something we observe from a distance—it is something we enter . From the palms of Sunday to the silence of the tomb, the Church leads us step by step through the Passion of Christ. In our latest episode of Everyday Monks , we reflect on why this week is the heart of the Christian year —and why rushing t...

What if salvation begins… not with power, but with a “yes”? In our newest episode of Everyday Monks , we explore the Feast of the Annunciation in the 1928 Book of Common Prayer—the moment when heaven breaks into earth, and the Virgin Mary receives the message that changes everything. This is where the Gospel begins:not at Christmas, not at Easter—but at the announcement of grace . We reflect on: *...

A six-week study on ‘ Angels, Archangels, and all the Company of Heaven ’ led this week by The Rev. Canon Michael D. Vinson, Rector of St. Benedict’s Anglican Church in Rockwall, TX. Belong - Believe - Become. Get full access to Everyday Monks at everydaymonks.substack.com/subscribe

A six-week study on ‘ Angels, Archangels, and all the Company of Heaven ’ led by The Rev. Marq Toombs, Church Planting Curate with St. Benedict’s Anglican Church in Rockwall, TX. Belong - Believe - Become. DOWNLOAD Revelation Scriptures. Get full access to Everyday Monks at everydaymonks.substack.com/subscribe

A six-week study on ‘ Angels, Archangels, and all the Company of Heaven ’ led by The Rev. Marq Toombs, Church Planting Curate with St. Benedict’s Anglican Church in Rockwall, TX. Belong - Believe - Become. Get full access to Everyday Monks at everydaymonks.substack.com/subscribe

Not every saint gets a dramatic backstory—but St. Matthias gives us a powerful word for the Church today. In this new episode of Everyday Monks , the parish podcast of St. Benedict’s Anglican Church (REC) in Rockwall, Texas, we explore the Feast of St. Matthias the Apostle and the striking contrast between Judas the traitor and Matthias the faithful servant . It’s a conversation about apostasy, re...

A six-week study on ‘ Angels, Archangels, and all the Company of Heaven ’ led by The Rev. Marq Toombs, Church Planting Curate with St. Benedict’s Anglican Church in Rockwall, TX. Belong - Believe - Become. Get full access to Everyday Monks at everydaymonks.substack.com/subscribe

A six-week study on ‘ Angels, Archangels, and all the Company of Heaven ’ led by the Rev. Marq Toombs, Church Planting Curate with St. Benedict’s Anglican Church in Rockwall, TX. Belong - Believe - Become. Get full access to Everyday Monks at everydaymonks.substack.com/subscribe

New Everyday Monks Episode: Ash Wednesday + NEW MUSIC PREMIERE Ash Wednesday isn’t about “giving stuff up” so you can feel spiritual. It’s about coming home . In this week’s episode, we dig into the Church’s threefold rule of Lent—prayer, fasting, and almsgiving —and how it maps right onto Christ’s temptations in the wilderness . We also open up Isaiah 58 and the difference between false fasting a...

A six-week study on ‘ Angels, Archangels, and all the Company of Heaven ’ led by the Rev. Marq Toombs, Church Planting Curate with St. Benedict’s Anglican Church in Rockwall, TX. Belong - Belei Get full access to Everyday Monks at everydaymonks.substack.com/subscribe

A six-week study on ‘ Angels, Archangels, and all the Company of Heaven ’ led by the Rev. Marq Toombs, Church Planting Curate with St. Benedict’s Anglican Church in Rockwall, TX. Get full access to Everyday Monks at everydaymonks.substack.com/subscribe

What happens when the eternal God is placed into human hands? In our latest episode of Everyday Monks , the monks gather around the 1928 Book of Common Prayer to explore The Presentation of Christ in the Temple —that quiet, luminous moment when Simeon and Anna behold the infant Messiah and declare Him “a light to lighten the Gentiles.” This episode is about waiting, fulfillment, and seeing the glo...

Everyday Monks | The Conversion of St. Paul (1928 BCP) In this new episode of Everyday Monks —the parish podcast of St. Benedict’s Anglican Church (REC) in Rockwall, Texas —we open the 1928 Book of Common Prayer and walk through the Propers for January 25th. With cigars lit (thank you, Becky!), laughter at the table, and deep pastoral reflection, we ask what Paul’s conversion really teaches us abo...

Happy New Year! Epiphany isn’t an afterthought—it’s the unveiling of the King. In this episode, the Monks walk through the Feast of the Epiphany in the 1928 Book of Common Prayer : the force of the Collect, Isaiah’s “Arise, shine,” and Matthew’s Gospel where nations begin to kneel. We unpack the Magi’s gifts (gold, frankincense, myrrh) as more than ancient tokens—they’re a pattern for Christian wo...

NEW EPISODE — Everyday Monks (1928 BCP): The Nativity of Our Lord 🎙️ Everybody knows Christmas. But do we really know what the Church is proclaiming when she dares to say: God has taken our nature upon Him ? In this episode, we open the 1928 Book of Common Prayer for Christmas Day and follow the Church’s breathtaking logic: ✨ The manger and the throne belong together✨ The Child is not “becoming”...

If you’ve wrestled with questions, Thomas is your patron. Christ meets him with scars and peace—and He meets us the same way. Saint Thomas the Apostle. The Collect. ALMIGHTY and everliving God, who, for the greater* confirmation of the faith, didst suffer thy holy Apostle Thomas to be doubtful in thy Son's resurrection; Grant us so perfectly, and without all doubt, to believe in thy Son Jesus Chri...

During this Fall Women’s Bible Study, we are looking for Jesus and his Mothers from Eve to Mary. This series will proclaim the good news of Jesus from the Scriptures, praise women in the gate (then and now), and prepare us for Advent and Christmas. This study is intended for all women, regardless of age or stage, whether seekers or believers. Come join us on this pilgrimage as we revisit our mothe...

During this Fall Women’s Bible Study, we are looking for Jesus and his Mothers from Eve to Mary. This series will proclaim the good news of Jesus from the Scriptures, praise women in the gate (then and now), and prepare us for Advent and Christmas. This study is intended for all women, regardless of age or stage, whether seekers or believers. Come join us on this pilgrimage as we revisit our mothe...

During this Fall Women’s Bible Study, we are looking for Jesus and his Mothers from Eve to Mary. This series will proclaim the good news of Jesus from the Scriptures, praise women in the gate (then and now), and prepare us for Advent and Christmas. This study is intended for all women, regardless of age or stage, whether seekers or believers. Come join us on this pilgrimage as we revisit our mothe...