Ever Ancient Ever New Book Review

Before I was even aware, I was part of a movement. Through God’s Providence, I stumbled onto the Daily Office, then one book, then another, and then a podcast or two. All of my evangelical and charismatic instincts and questions were finding fulfillment and answers in the sacramental tradition. Eventually, my wife and I moved four hours away to join an Anglican church in the hope of becoming church planters. We found a treasure hidden in a field: history, tradition, Eucharist, and the one, holy, catholic, and apostolic Church. To our surprise, everywhere we went we found others on the same journey and with the same experiences, feelings, thoughts, and even books and podcasts. In Ever Ancient, Ever New (Zondervan. Grand Rapids, MI. 2019), Winfield Bevins gives a concise summary of this movement of young people into the liturgical tradition. Although a priest in the Anglican Church in North America, Bevins makes no apologetic for Anglicanism specifically. Instead, he draws from his experience as a church planter and professor to tell the stories of young people who are disillusioned and discontent with their current “low-church” experience (whether of the evangelical, non-denomination, or charismatic variety) and are making their way into churches and traditions rich in liturgy, history, and the sacraments.