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Donald L. Berry is the Harry Emerson Fosdick Professor of Philosophy and Religion Emeritus at Colgate University. He is an Episcopal priest in the Diocese of Central New York and was the Rector of St. George's Church of Chadwicks, NY, from 1976-1990. He is the author of Mutuality: The Vision of Martin Buber, Traveler's Advisory, and Through a Glass Darkly: The Ambiguity of the Christian Tradition.
Chapter 1 An Anglican Miscellany—1. Why Me, Lord? 2. The Robinson Election 3. The Creation Comma 4. Lay Persons Are Not an Order of Ministers 5. The "L" Word 6. "A Different Kind of Lord" 7. Problematic Foot-Washing 8. "God of Our Mothers?" 9. "Faith and The DaVin
Chapter 2 Selected Sermons—1. "Water without Price" 2. "We Are Bold to Say" 3. "Blessed" 4. "Fear Not" 5. "They Were Astonished at His Teaching" 6. "Being Surprised in the Bible" 7. "Fishing for Women and Men" 8. ". . . All Generations Shall Call Me Blessed" 9. "I
Chapter 3 The Category Mistake of Messianic Nationalism
Chapter 4 Do Christians Read from the Hebrew Scriptures
Chapter 5 Afterwords
I had the privilege of hearing Dr. Berry preach during an interim ministry period at St. Paul's Episcopal Church, Chittenango, NY. As I began reading the typescript of his Holy Words and Holy Orders I found the precision and careful use of language in his opening essays that I had heard in his sermons. It is that care and precision, that skill with words, that make accessible Father Berry's creativity and intellect.
— Reverend Charles Grover, Sometime Archdeacon of the Episcopal Diocese of Central New York
A wide-ranging collection of penetrating commentaries on matters of the priesthood and the accuracy of the use of biblical interpretation in liturgical practice.
— Milton H. Coleman, Ecumenical Officer of the Episcopal Diocese of Central New York and Parish Liturgist and former Warden of St. David's Church, De