This is an ecumenical website of resources and reflections on liturgy, spirituality, and worship for individuals and communities. It is run by Rev. Bosco Peters.
I recently received a copy of Becky Garrison’s Starting from Zero with $0. Journalist and regular religious commentator Becky Garrison reflects on about a dozen mission-shaped ministries that started from zero with $0. These ministries are both in the US and in the UK. I was hooked when the book started with Rick Fabian and… Continue Reading
The Bible Through the Seasons: A Three-Year Journey with the Bible by Nicholas Connolly 472 pages (iUniverse, Inc. March 20, 2007) How do you read the whole Bible systematically and prayerfully? How do you not loose energy for your reading when you hit page after page of Iron Age health regulations and butchering instructions? How… Continue Reading
A regular participant on this site, David, encouraged me to purchase the Mahzor Lev Shalem – Prayerbook for Rosh Hashanah and Yom Kippur A mahzor is the prayer book used by Jews on the High Holidays of Rosh Hashanah and Yom Kippur. But, for those who have not seen a mahzor, such a technical description… Continue Reading
The Grand DesignStephen Hawking & Leonard Mlodinow Sorry. This book did not live up to the hype. With the headlines screaming that Stephen Hawking had disproved God: “God did not create the universe, says Hawking”. And the High Priest of antitheism, Richard Dawkins, declaring, “Darwinism kicked God out of biology but physics remained more uncertain…. Continue Reading
Paradoxy: Creating Christian Community beyond Us and Them Paperback: 180 pages Publisher: Paraclete Press (2010) The author, Ken Howard, sent me a PDF of this book and asked me to be part of a blog series which reviews a chapter at a time. Here are the other blogs involved. Chapter 1: The End of the… Continue Reading
Jesus: The cold case by Bryan Bruce (Random House New Zealand Ltd 2101) 272pages $40 Warning: don’t read this book at the breakfast table. If you know anything about the subject at all you will be constantly in danger of either choking on your corn flakes or spraying them all over the table! As I… Continue Reading
Book review of Prayers for an Inclusive Church The prayer at the heart of the Liturgy of the Eucharist is the Great Thanksgiving/Eucharistic Prayer. The prayer at the heart of the Liturgy of the Word is the collect/opening prayer. Both of these prayers plunge us deeper into the life of God the Holy Trinity. They… Continue Reading
