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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.

Getting married & social media

Getting #Married: Using Social Media to Celebrate the Sacred by Meredith Gould; Plowshares Publishing (2011). There’s a perk to spending time, energy, and money on running a website like this: now and then, someone might send me something as a present. Rev. Canon Dan Webster (@RevWeb), Canon for Evangelism and Ministry Development in the Episcopal… Continue Reading

Easterpreneur

Easterpreneur

The cartoon needs no commentary. The good news is not only abused and perverted by monetising it, but also through contorting it into a weapon of power, or for other means of self-gratification. How astonishingly we manage to transform God’s good news into bad news… Easter is 50 days Cartoons by Jim H/T Sande Ramage

Christchurch votes against Anglican Covenant

No Anglican Covenant

The Christchurch Anglican Diocese met in synod today to do planning in response to our earthquakes and to debate the “Anglican Covenant”. Framed by regular worship, there were 45 speeches, with breaks, across several hours, and another break prior to voting by secret ballot in houses, and then about three and a half hours until… Continue Reading

Parshat Shemini: The Kosher Animal Song

Parshat Shemini: The Kosher Animal Song

This video comes with a “warning” – don’t stop before getting to the second part at 1:50! This is an animated version of the weekly Torah reading in the synagogue (in this case today’s) I’m particularly interested, with Passover (Pesach) being “in sync” with Western Easter this year, whether it is easier to see any… Continue Reading

Lectionary confusion

NZLectionary

I am the guest preacher at the Patronal Festival of Saint Mark. I want to know what the readings will be. Should be straightforward enough. Would be straightforward in other Anglican Churches. But not in the Anglican Church of Or… Anyone with parish leadership experience will know the networking around the readings: they get printed… Continue Reading

Easter is Coming

Easter is Coming

OK – some might say, this might have been put up before Easter… … but still pretty cool during the Easter Season. Easter is 50 days

The Archbishop of Canterbury hath no jurisdiction in this realm

Recently all clergy received instructions from our diocesan office to read a letter aloud in every church building. This is a very rare event in our diocesan life. In this case the letter was doubly unusual. It is a letter from The Revd Canon Dr Kenneth Kearon, Secretary General of the Anglican Communion, asking for… Continue Reading


Resources for Easter


collect reflection Easter 7 and week following

collect reflection Ascension

collect reflection Easter 6 and week following(NZ Lectionary)
collect reflection Easter 6 and week following(BCP TEC)

Easter Season liturgy ideas
Easter Season reflection

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Easter Vigil

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