Welcome to this ecumenical website of resources and reflections on liturgy, spirituality, and worship for individuals and communities. It is run by Rev. Bosco Peters.
Wycliffe Bible Translators has been coming in for criticism of its translation for Muslim contexts where, in Arabic and Turkish translations of the Bible, the word “Father” is replaced with “Allah” (meaning God in Arabic), while “Son” becomes “Messiah”. One example of this change in the text is in Matthew 28:19, where instead of “baptizing… Continue Reading
An armed vested deacon at a Good Friday service 2011, Iraq. image source
Move over Harold Camping – you got the month and approximate date right, you were just out by a year. The end of the world is May 27, this year, 2012. Nothing to do with the Mayan calendar (yes I wondered too if the world was going to end in 2011 when I found that… Continue Reading
Recently I’ve been involved in several discussions, including around the viral video “Why I Hate Religion, But Love Jesus” both here and at other parts of the internet (as well as in first life). There is a tendency amongst many to think that first there is the Bible. An individual reads or hears words from… Continue Reading
My good e-friend John van de Laar has recently added Daily Worship to his wonderful website Sacredise. His reflections are based around the reading system in the 2005 resource from the Consultation on Common Texts (CCT). That organisation, in 1992, produced the Revised Common Lectionary (RCL), a revision of the 1983 (Common Lectionary) which was… Continue Reading
The new music video from OK Go, made in partnership with Chevrolet. OK Go set up over 1000 instruments over two miles of desert outside Los Angeles. A Chevy Sonic was outfitted with retractable pneumatic arms designed to play the instruments, and the band recorded this version of Needing/Getting, singing as they played the instrument… Continue Reading
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• collect/opening prayer reflection Ash Wednesday
• Ash Wednesday
• Lent
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• collect/opening prayer reflection February 19 (Epiphany 7/Ordinary 7) and week following until Ash Wednesday(NZPB)
• collect/opening prayer reflection February 12 (Sexagesima/Epiphany 6/Ordinary 6) and week following(BCP TEC)
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