O God,
may your ceaseless mercy
cleanse and defend your church,
and, since it cannot stand firm without you,
guide and govern it always by your goodness;
through Jesus Christ
who is alive with you,
in the unity of the Holy Spirit,
one God, now and for ever.
Amen.
Sunday 31 July 2022 Read More »
Have Bible Sunday – but use the ecumenically-agreed readings from the Bible.
Sunday 17 July 2022 Read More »
It is a good time to revisit a helpful metaphor: The Bible is the Church’s Photo Album.
The Bible is our Photo Album Read More »
Radio New Zealand asks the new, Christian Leader of the Opposition a religious question that neither the questioner nor the responder seem to understand.
Appropriating Christian Language Read More »
While the NRSV has been the standard translation used in reputable English-language scholarship, it has never been generally popular. I abhor the multiplicity of English-language bible translations – treating God’s Word as a capitalist, survival-of-the-fittest, competitive commodity
NRSV Updated Edition Read More »
Everliving God,
your apostle Andrew obeyed the call of your Son
and followed him without delay;
grant that we like him may give ourselves readily
to do what you command;
through our Saviour Jesus Christ.
Amen.
You may be interested in my reflection video that I just produced on The Good Samaritan.
The Good Samaritan Read More »
Biblical Hebrew does not have a future tense. Have you thought that English forms our “future tense” by cobbling together bits to do so?
