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The Anglican Hour, our signature Internet-based broadcast offered through our UStream channel, is back with a new logo, new format and new content. Some future episodes will feature call-in appearances by other clergy. The Episodes in each of the series are available 24 hours a day, 7 days a week, using the links provided below. Generally, each current series offers new episodes every 18 days until completion. Episodes of The Anglican Hour are researched, written and produced by The Rev. Dr. Ronald E. Shibley, Rector, St. John Chrysostom Anglican Church/The Anglican Internet Church, Richmond, Va, from our facilities at St. Joseph's Villa Chapel.
If you have topics you would like to see us offer, please contact Fr. Ron at (804) 306-1190 or by email: frron.stjohnanglican@earthlink.net. All programs are presented in UStream format. If you wish to avoid the UStream commercials, you can subscribe to UStream's ad-free service for $3.99 per month. More recent episodes of The Anglican Hour have been re-recorded in MP3 format for the use of theose whose computers and devices do not display UStream programming.
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 Christian Spirituality: "Seeing" the Face of God is our current series. It is part of our commitment to Anglican Renewal. The series attempts to bring back into modern usage the ancient Christian spirituality that animated the Church's growth in the first five or six centuries. The program was recorded in seven episodes. All programs were recorded at St. Joseph's Villa Chapel. The Chapel's High Altar is the background for Episodes One and Two. The background for Episides Three through Seven is one of the 45 stained glass windows by Mayer of Munich. All episodes of this series have also been recorded in MP3 format for those whose computers will not display UStream programming. These are available on the Christian Spirituality page. Visit Christian Spirituality Page NOW.
Christian Spirituality is based upon a duality: the existence of evil in the world : Christian Truth as the only antidote. A continuing theme in the course is the need to take the teachings of the Church into one's heart and the difference between "knowledge" and "understanding." Christian Spirituality, explains Fr. Ron Shibley, is not an effort to look within to find God, but one dedicated to planting God and the beliefs of the faith into one's innermost being.
In Episode One, Fr. Ron Shibley discusses the crisis in the modern Church, both internal and external; explains how Christian Spirituality can be any Christians first line of defense againsts a hostile secular world and also threats from "reformers" inside the Church; puts the teachings in both Apostolic and Anglican context. Watch Episode 1
In Episode Two he explains the Old Testament and early Church understanding of the two ways mankind can "see" the face of God, citing Genesis, Exodus, Isaiah and the Book of Psalms, and begins discussion of the difference between "knowledge" and "understanding." The icon of Christ Pantokrator at St. Catherine's Monastery, Sinai, is featured. Watch Episode 2
In Episode Three, he puts the teaching of Spirituality into an Anglican context based on the work of The Blessed Lancelot Andrewes, Chaplain to Queen Elizabeth I and King James I, and introduces discussion of the difference between the Appearance of Righteousness and actual Christian piety. Watch Episode 3
In Episode Four, he begins a discussion of personal prayer and how one person can develop from basic prayer, based upon teachings from our Judeo-Christian roots, especially Psalm 119, and relates the experience to the Anglican tradition as expressed in C.S. Lewis' The Screwtape Letters. He explains the three stages of prayer as taught in the Eastern Church, Prayer of the Mouth (or Prayer of the Word in Western usage); Prayer of the Mind, and Prayer of the Mind in the Heart, often called Prayer of the Heart in Western usage. Watch Episode 4
 In Episode Five he offers seven quidelines, or guideposts, for the proper development of personal prayer. These are based upon the early church teachings from both the Western and Eastern Christian traditions. One of these includes suggestions and techniques for managing the risk of the intrusion of the Evil One into your thoughts during personal prayer. Watch Episode 5
In Episode Six, he focuses on catenae, or chain prayers based on Scripture. He explains the history of catenae and why they can be useful to modern Christians seeking a deeper understanding of the Christian Faith. He not only explains the principles to be used but also offers examples, both of his own composition and that of the Blessed Lancelot Andrewes. Fr. Ron offer several guidelines on writing your own catenae. Watch Episode 6
In Episode Seven, he uses the wisdom teachings of four saints, Peter and Paul, James and Jude, offering examples of their writings as they relate to the teaching and learning of Christian Spirituality. Watch Episode 7
PROGRAM ARCHIVE
You can still access the program archive of previous broadcasts under the old format. These programs (except the Premiere episode) will be enhanced and re-recorded beginning in January 2012 under the tentative title, I Believe in .... The new series will explain the entire Nicene Creed. A second series will focus on Creeds in general and the Apostles' Creed.
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 The Lord's Prayer is known by many other names in various Christian traditions. In the Eastern world, it is called the Our Father, or Otch Nashe in Slavonic. It was the result of the Apostles' desire for a model prayer. There are two versions, the longer form in the Gospel of St. Matthew and the short form in the Gospel of St. Luke.In this course, to be offered in four episodes beginning in January 12, A.D. 2012, Fr. Ron will offer a petition-by-petition discussion of the Lord's Prayer and the meaning of its words. He will offer interpretation from both the Western and Eastern Church traditions and also discuss how it should be used in personal prayer, especially by those desiring to develop their own expression of Christian Spirituality.
 The first episode of The Real Meaning of "Catholic," is was recorded in the Sanctuary at St. Joseph's Villa Chapel on Friday, October 29th. The focus in Episode 1 is on the linguistic roots in the Greek word katholikos and how it has been understood and misunderstood by Anglicans both ancient and modern.
Watch Episode 1 Now. Listen to Episode 1 Episode 2 was recorded in the Sanctuary at St. Joseph's Villa Chapel on Thursday, November 10th. The focus in Episode 2 is on the history of the deep internal conflicts within Anglicanism, which existed from the beginning in the 1530s, over whether the Church is Protestant or "Catholic" or a Western expression of Eastern Orthodoxy. Watch Episode 2 Now. Listen to Episode 2
Episode 3 was recorded in the Sanctuary on November 17th. Fr. Ron makes eight concrete suggestions for changes in Anglican practices in the United States that are needed to revive the denomination and make it once again a vital part of the Christian tradition in America. Watch Episode 3 Now Listen to Episode 3
Episode 4 was recorded in the Sanctuary on December 13th. Fr. Ron reviews the course and offers several steps which would allow Anglicans to reclaim the title holy, catholic and apostolic church for the 21st Century. He also explains steps that St. John Chrysostom Anglican Church and the Anglican Internet Church have taken or will take in the same direction. Watch Episode 4 Now. Listen to Episode 4
 During the cold winter months, Fr. Ron will be working on developing a new program for The Anglican Hour based upon the current Bible Study class, The Prophets of the Old Testament. The premiere episode will focus on the meaning of the term "Prophet" and an explanation of the distinction between the "major" and "minor" prophets of the Old Testament. Thereafter, each 30-45 minute episode will focus upon one or more of the prophets, with information about the life and times of the Prophet, discussion of the book's major themes, and selected readings from the text. Each episode will include historic icons, paintings, mosaics, or etchings depicting the writer, and where appropriate, maps and other illustrations. As part of the episode on Daniel, there will be readings from three books from the Old Testament Apocrypha: Song of the Three Children (from Additions to Daniel), Bel and the Dragon, and The Prayer of Azariah.
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