As part of the celebrations of organising the Christian Calendar at Nicaea in 325, Ash Wednesday and Christmas will be moved to a Sunday and Easter Day will be fixed. This intends to make the Church Year fit for purpose in this Third Millennium. You are invited to have your say in these developments.
Ash Sunday &
Other Church Year Changes Read More »
There is a very good reason why no one else calls them Sundays “OF” Christmas.
Sundays OF Christmas?! Read More »
My Christmas Message Blessings to you and yours for the Christmas Season and for the Year of Our Lord 2019. Thank you for being part of this virtual community. Linus Drops His Security Blanket Here is a short video clip from A Charlie Brown Christmas! NB: at 0:35 seconds, Linus says: “Fear not!” At that
Over the years, NZ has, on its stamps, minimised the Christmasness of Christmas. It is great to see (at least for old people who still use stamps 😉 ) that this year Christmas on stamps is back. They are designed by Saint Andrew Matautia. They include images of pohutukawa (our Christmas tree). But NZ Post
Aotearoa New Zealand Christmas Stamps 2018 Read More »
Here in the NZ media I’ve seen more on the news that Christians might fix the date of Easter within 5-10 years, mentioned by the Archbishop of Canterbury, than that other decision the Anglican Primates made. Anglican Archbishop Justin Welby, Roman Catholic Pope Francis, the Coptic Orthodox Pope Tawadros II and the Ecumenical Patriarch Bartholomew
A Fixed Date For Easter? Read More »
Around Christmas time there’s always the old saw that Christmas is essentially a pagan celebration. It’s usually said by a Christmas Grinch, or a Jehovah’s Witness, or someone with a particular agenda. The truth, possibly surprisingly, may be the other way around. The Puritan-dominated Parliament of England in 1644 banned all Christmas activities as being
Pagan Origin of Christmas? Read More »
The Incarnation is into the real world – not into a sanitised, perfected world. We do not cleanse our lives in order to have a purified heart to welcome God in Christ. God in Christ comes into the mess of our sinful, ordinary hearts and lives to begin the work of transformation, transfiguration. I am
A Blessed Christmas! Read More »
