What exactly are “The Stations of the Cross”? Is that a Roman Catholic thing, or does it have roots in the Protestant tradition as well? And if Protestant, what about Anglican?

Join Canterbury Trails hosts Jared Lovell and C. Jay Engel as they welcome Fr. Justin Clemente, associate priest at Holy Cross Cathedral, and author of the new book, At the Cross: Reflections on the Stations of the Cross. Learn about this biblical and Christian devotion and how it can help deepen your faith and your understanding of what happened on the first Good Friday.

The Rev. Justin Clemente serves as associate priest to the people at Holy Cross Cathedral in Loganville, Georgia, the cathedral church of the Anglican diocese of the South. He is the author of At the Cross: Reflections on the Stations of the Cross (Anglican Compass, 2025). Fr. Clemente is a core writer at Anglican Compass and a contributor at The North American Anglican. He earned his B.A. in Biblical Studies at Trinity College of Florida and a Master of Worship Studies from the Robert E. Webber Institute for Worship Studies. With his wife, Brooke, he has six beautiful children.

Get Fr. Clemente's book here: https://www.amazon.com/dp/B0DZC9BHFH

Visit Holy Cross Cathedral here: https://hcanglican.org/

Image of Anglo-Saxon map by Hel-hama - Own work using:InkscapeSource: England and Wales at the time of the Treaty of Chippenham (AD 878). From the Atlas of European History, Earle W Dowe (d. 1946), G Bell and Sons, London, 1910 (see: File:England-878ad.jpg), CC BY-SA 3.0, https://commons.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?curid=19885072

Today on Canterbury Trails, hosts Jared Lovell and C. Jay Engel welcome guest Dr. Tom Price to talk about St. Anselm, an Italian Benedictine monk who lived at the turn of the twelfth century, and served as the Archbishop of Canterbury in England.

Anselm’s time as archbishop was marked by controversy and even exile, as he often clashed with the kings of England over the extent of royal power into ecclesiastical affairs.

But Anselm’s greatest contributions to the church were in matters theological and philosophical. For Anselm, Faith and Reason served complementary rather than conflicting roles in arriving at truth. In contrast to the Enlightenment philosopher, Descartes, who said, “I think, therefore I am,” Anselm might have replied, “I believe, therefore I think.”

Anselm is considered the father of Scholasticism, but just what is that? Is it good or bad? What influence did it have on Medieval theology and even the early Protestant Reformers?

Join C. Jay, Jared, and Dr. Price as they discuss Anselm’s many insights into such theological and philosophical questions as the ontological argument for God’s existence, the purpose and place of covenant in our understanding of God and Men, and the substitutionary theory of the atonement.

Anselm is claimed and loved by Lutherans, Reformed, Anglicans, and Roman Catholics. He is in many ways the theologian of the Western Church. This episode of Canterbury Trails will inspire you to read St. Anselm and begin to retrieve his substantial insights to help you unpack your faith more fully in our troubled times.

Dr. Tom Price is Adjunct Professor of Christian Thought at Gordon Conwell Theological Seminary, where he teaches Theology, Christian Ethics, and Apologetics. He also teaches Theology, Religion, Ethics, and Philosophy at several other institutions. He is ordained and has served the church in a host of teaching, preaching, and equipping engagements. Dr. Price is also one of the co-hosts of The Theology Pugcast. He resides in Connecticut with his wife and two sons. Visit him online below:

Dr. Price at Gordon Conwell Theological Seminary: https://www.gordonconwell.edu/faculty/adjunct/thomas-price

The Theology Pugcast: https://thetheologypugcast.com/

Image of Anglo-Saxon map by Hel-hama - Own work using:InkscapeSource: England and Wales at the time of the Treaty of Chippenham (AD 878). From the Atlas of European History, Earle W Dowe (d. 1946), G Bell and Sons, London, 1910 (see: File:England-878ad.jpg), CC BY-SA 3.0, https://commons.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?curid=19885072

Music is important to almost everyone's life, and the Anglican tradition has given us a rich legacy of music. On Episode 8 of Canterbury Trails, our hosts, C. Jay Engel and Jared Lovell, are joined by guest Billy Jenkins to talk about music in the Anglican tradition. The discussion covers music from the English Reformation, English hymn writers, and ranges into a variety of subjects, including the purpose of sacred music in worship, contemporary Christian music (CCM), why men don't sing in church, English Christmas carols, and much more.

Billy Jenkins is a church musician, musical educator, and presbyter in the Reformed Episcopal Church (REC) diocese in the northeast and mid-Atlantic. Reverend Jenkins ministers at Faith Reformed Episcopal Church in Baltimore, where he serves as rector and church organist. Visit Faith REC at their website: https://www.faithrec.org/

Image of Anglo-Saxon map by Hel-hama - Own work using:InkscapeSource: England and Wales at the time of the Treaty of Chippenham (AD 878). From the Atlas of European History, Earle W Dowe (d. 1946), G Bell and Sons, London, 1910 (see: File:England-878ad.jpg), CC BY-SA 3.0, https://commons.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?curid=19885072