Themefication
Searching for a theme or overlaying a service with a theme can be damaging. We can abandon allowing the scriptures to say what their real meaning is about and we can leave out readings that do not fit our constricting theme.
23 February 2025 Ordinary 7
Grant, O God,
that with our hearts contemplating all that is good and true
we may please you by word and deed in the way we live;
through Jesus Christ
who is alive with you,
in the unity of the Holy Spirit,
one God, now and for ever.
Amen.
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Classic Collects for a Contemporary Context
A Book of Prayers in Common – Roman Catholics, Episcopalians, Anglicans, and others have a shared collect tradition that few are aware of. Sunday by Sunday, they regularly pray essentially the same prayer on the same day. After 12 years, here is my reworking of the year’s worth of such prayers – use them prayerfully, and feedback any improvements.
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16 February 2025 Ordinary 6
O God,
you promise to abide with those who are just and pure in heart;
give us your grace to live in such a way
that we are a dwelling pleasing to you;
through Jesus Christ
who is alive with you,
in the unity of the Holy Spirit,
one God, now and for ever.
Amen.
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Extraordinary Ordinary Time 2025
NZ Anglicanism say “Ordinary Time” begins this week – but we begin with the “5th Sunday in Ordinary Time” with no sign of what happened to the other 4!!! Originally, there was nothing “ordinary” about “Ordinary Time”.
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9 February 2025 Ordinary 5
Keep the household of your church, O God, [or Keep the whānau of…]
safe in your tender compassion,
so that we who entrust ourselves totally to your heavenly grace
may always be defended by your protection;
through Jesus Christ
who is alive with you,
in the unity of the Holy Spirit,
one God, now and for ever.
Amen.
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Candlemas Confusion
It’s difficult to find what we’ve actually agreed on.
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Suffering Animals Disprove God?
Well-known atheist Alex O’Connor argues that the suffering of innocent animals makes God’s existence unlikely. Is he right?
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