http://liturgy.co.nz Worship that works - spirituality that connects Wed, 23 May 2012 19:10:14 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 http://liturgy.co.nz/seasonal-cards/9864 http://liturgy.co.nz/seasonal-cards/9864#comments Wed, 23 May 2012 19:10:14 +0000 Bosco Peters http://liturgy.co.nz/?p=9864 I promised recently that I would explain one way for helping people at worship with the responses, and prayers prayed aloud together. This is the way I used when I was parish priest of a multi-centre parish. New Zealand Prayer Books were readily available. I produced very simple, clearly-laid-out service outlines on 4xA5. An A4 [...]]]> http://liturgy.co.nz/seasonal-cards/9864/feed 0 http://liturgy.co.nz/counting-the-omer/9703 http://liturgy.co.nz/counting-the-omer/9703#comments Tue, 22 May 2012 18:46:25 +0000 Bosco Peters http://liturgy.co.nz/?p=9703 http://liturgy.co.nz/counting-the-omer/9703/feed 1 http://liturgy.co.nz/transparent-simple-clear-liturgy-rules/9825 http://liturgy.co.nz/transparent-simple-clear-liturgy-rules/9825#comments Mon, 21 May 2012 19:23:44 +0000 Bosco Peters http://liturgy.co.nz/?p=9825 Do you think that the liturgical rules for New Zealand’s Anglican Church are transparent, simple, and clear? Christchurch diocese does not. The synod of the Christchurch diocese, unanimously and with acclaim, passed a motion which included asking: “the Standing Committee of the General Synod/ te Hinota Whanui to urgently set in place a review of [...]]]> http://liturgy.co.nz/transparent-simple-clear-liturgy-rules/9825/feed 6 http://liturgy.co.nz/biblical-marriage/9755 http://liturgy.co.nz/biblical-marriage/9755#comments Sun, 20 May 2012 19:36:33 +0000 Bosco Peters http://liturgy.co.nz/?p=9755 A very helpful chart for those who keep referring to the biblical standard of marriage. Click on the chart to enlarge. Click on it again to enlarge again. I try to credit the source of things when possible – I have searched for the origin of this chart without success. I have seen it in [...]]]> http://liturgy.co.nz/biblical-marriage/9755/feed 21 http://liturgy.co.nz/prosperity-gospel/9809 http://liturgy.co.nz/prosperity-gospel/9809#comments Fri, 18 May 2012 20:03:55 +0000 Bosco Peters http://liturgy.co.nz/?p=9809 Our newspaper recently had an article about a scandal affecting the world’s largest Christian television network, Trinity Broadcasting Network (TBN). The Trinity Broadcasting Network (TBN) was created 39 years ago by Paul and Janice Crouch, a husband and wife who espouse a “prosperity gospel” – the message being that followers must give to the Lord [...]]]> http://liturgy.co.nz/prosperity-gospel/9809/feed 7 http://liturgy.co.nz/cookie-recipe-in-the-style-of-the-revised-translation/9661 http://liturgy.co.nz/cookie-recipe-in-the-style-of-the-revised-translation/9661#comments Thu, 17 May 2012 19:21:06 +0000 Bosco Peters http://liturgy.co.nz/?p=9661 Margaret Orleans responded to a recent post here by pointing to a cookie recipe “in the style of the revised missal translation” that, apparently, has been spreading around some blogs. With the slightest of revisions, here it is: Cookie Recipe (Revised Translation) Serves: You and many. Having procured one chalice butter, 2/3 chalice sugar, cream [...]]]> http://liturgy.co.nz/cookie-recipe-in-the-style-of-the-revised-translation/9661/feed 2 http://liturgy.co.nz/anglican-roman-catholic-international-commission/9761 http://liturgy.co.nz/anglican-roman-catholic-international-commission/9761#comments Wed, 16 May 2012 18:17:07 +0000 Bosco Peters http://liturgy.co.nz/?p=9761 The Anglican-Roman Catholic International Commission has completed the second meeting of its new phase (ARCIC III) in Kowloon, Hong Kong (3-10 May 2012). The Commission, chaired by the Most Revd David Moxon (Anglican Archbishop of the New Zealand Dioceses) and the Most Revd Bernard Longley (Roman Catholic Archbishop of Birmingham) comprises nineteen theologians from a [...]]]> http://liturgy.co.nz/anglican-roman-catholic-international-commission/9761/feed 3 http://liturgy.co.nz/welcome-to-our-church/9766 http://liturgy.co.nz/welcome-to-our-church/9766#comments Tue, 15 May 2012 19:29:06 +0000 Bosco Peters http://liturgy.co.nz/?p=9766 This is a fairly simple, effective welcoming video. You could easily embed it on your own church’s website. Even better: why not make your own welcoming video – easily done, upload it to YouTube, embed it on your community’s website. And let us know about it.Similar Posts: make your own free website Free websites showcase [...]]]> http://liturgy.co.nz/welcome-to-our-church/9766/feed 5 http://liturgy.co.nz/lectionary-wrong/9773 http://liturgy.co.nz/lectionary-wrong/9773#comments Mon, 14 May 2012 18:26:42 +0000 Bosco Peters http://liturgy.co.nz/?p=9773 Regulars here will know that the NZ Lectionary publication is an easy target for a blog post about liturgical confusion. It has been three weeks since my last post about this – I have successfully been resisting the temptation to point out issues in the NZ Lectionary. But regulars will also know that when it [...]]]> http://liturgy.co.nz/lectionary-wrong/9773/feed 18 http://liturgy.co.nz/vatican-allows-deacons-to-have-sex/9746 http://liturgy.co.nz/vatican-allows-deacons-to-have-sex/9746#comments Sun, 13 May 2012 18:41:06 +0000 Bosco Peters http://liturgy.co.nz/?p=9746 Since 2005 there has been confusion whether married Roman Catholic deacons may have sex with their wives. It is a little surprising to me that for a church that usually dots its i’s and crosses its t’s the reintroduction of the married diaconate was not done with a little more care and thought about the [...]]]> http://liturgy.co.nz/vatican-allows-deacons-to-have-sex/9746/feed 10 http://liturgy.co.nz/psalm-13913-15/9735 http://liturgy.co.nz/psalm-13913-15/9735#comments Fri, 11 May 2012 20:15:13 +0000 Bosco Peters http://liturgy.co.nz/?p=9735 13 It was you who formed my inward parts; you knit me together in my mother’s womb. 14 I praise you, for I am fearfully and wonderfully made. Wonderful are your works; that I know very well. 15 My frame was not hidden from you, when I was being made in secret, intricately woven in [...]]]> http://liturgy.co.nz/psalm-13913-15/9735/feed 3 http://liturgy.co.nz/as-so/9724 http://liturgy.co.nz/as-so/9724#comments Thu, 10 May 2012 19:13:33 +0000 Bosco Peters http://liturgy.co.nz/?p=9724 If I were asked, “what scripture was being read most today around the world?”, I would guess the Daily Mass readings of the Roman Catholic Church. These are shared by Anglicans and others as well. People are reading them prayerfully not just at the Eucharist. If they do not attend a daily Eucharist, many would [...]]]> http://liturgy.co.nz/as-so/9724/feed 2 http://liturgy.co.nz/parshat-kedoshim-what-if-leviticus-rhymed/9705 http://liturgy.co.nz/parshat-kedoshim-what-if-leviticus-rhymed/9705#comments Wed, 09 May 2012 18:15:51 +0000 Bosco Peters http://liturgy.co.nz/?p=9705 If you went to synagogue last Sabbath, 12th of Iyyar, 5772, or follow the wonderful system of reading the whole Bible in three years, last Saturday you would have read Parashat Kedoshim (“holy ones”), Leviticus 19:1-20:27. The video, above, is a wonderfully positive take on that text.Similar Posts: Sabbath Torah reading 12 Nisan, 5771 Sabbath [...]]]> http://liturgy.co.nz/parshat-kedoshim-what-if-leviticus-rhymed/9705/feed 0 http://liturgy.co.nz/tasks-ministries-church-growth/9697 http://liturgy.co.nz/tasks-ministries-church-growth/9697#comments Tue, 08 May 2012 18:47:47 +0000 Bosco Peters http://liturgy.co.nz/?p=9697 I want to open up some reflection; a conversation. I promised in a recent comment to explore inviting to tasks, ministries, and church growth. A specific example: the comment was from someone whose community invites people to proclaim the scriptures at church. A lot of these people wouldn’t normally come to church – so this [...]]]> http://liturgy.co.nz/tasks-ministries-church-growth/9697/feed 14 http://liturgy.co.nz/architectural-design-guidelines-2/9646 http://liturgy.co.nz/architectural-design-guidelines-2/9646#comments Mon, 07 May 2012 19:42:03 +0000 Bosco Peters http://liturgy.co.nz/?p=9646 This blog post complements Architectural Design Guidelines 1 by providing some notes around the Christian tradition of orientating church buildings to face East. In some sense, then, you can regard this post as Architectural Design Guidelines 1a – footnotes on church building orientation. I hope this post interests many even though it is driven by [...]]]> http://liturgy.co.nz/architectural-design-guidelines-2/9646/feed 21