The BCP and Me

In this Episode Fr. Tyler and Fr. Joshua visit the rite for Ministration to the Sick in The BCP. They discuss the importance of the ministry of presence, theology around healing versus curing, and how the Church is made stronger by making sure that no one is lost of left alone in times of suffering. Also....CALL YOUR PRIEST WHEN YOU ARE SICK!

In this Episode The Rev. Julia Gatta joins Fr. Tyler and Fr. Joshua for an exploration of the rite The Reconciliation of a Penitent, as they continue exploring the Pastoral Offices section of the Boook of Common Prayer. The Rev. Julia Gatta is the Bishop Frank A. Juhan Professor of Pastoral Theology in the School of Theology, the University of the South, Sewanee. An Episcopal priest, she served pa...

On the 30th Episode of The BCP and Me, Fr. Tyler and Fr. Joshua explore, in depth, the service for the Thanksgiving for the Birth or Adotoption of a Child found on page 439 in The Book of Common Prayer. Pointing out the evolution of the rite as something that has been present since the earliest days of the church, and the implications it has for women, adopted children, and the impact on the congr...

Welcome back to The BCP and Me! We continue our journey together by exploring the reasoning and the need for The Blessing of a Civil Union from the Pastoral Offices section of The Book of Common Prayer, as well as The Anniversary of a Marriage service from The Book of Occasional Services. Prepare for at least one Shania Twain Reference.

There were nights when the wind was so cold... Ope, sorry, that's a different tune. Welcome back to The BCP and Me as The Rev. Joshua Nelson and the now Very Rev Br Tyler Richards bring us back to The Book of Common Prayer, and everything that lies beneath the surface of this amazing text. To detail everything that has happened over the last couple of years would take an entire season. We are call...

The video episode of Mawwiage discusses the rite of marriage's theological and relational dynamics and seriousness.

In this Episode, Fathers Tyler and Joshua talk about that pastoral and relational dynamics in marriage, including the seriousness of the rite itself.

In this return Episode, the good fathers get you caught up on the last year, set the course for this season of The BCP and Me: Pastoral Offices, and explore the rite of Confirmation.

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 Mov...

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 Moveme...

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.