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Worst Nativity sets
Here’s some nativity sets that may make make you laugh, or throw up your hands in horror, or both. Along with other comments, if you want to share any others you know of, you can add a URL in the comments section. H/T and far more examples Mark Oestreicher and Catholic Supply where “The Kneeling… Continue Reading
Resources for Advent
Please add good quality Advent resources, and especially links to online resources in the comments section. Click here for the 2010 resource for ecumenical worship to begin Advent. Click here for prayers at the Advent Wreath related to the lectionary Sunday by Sunday. Click here for another Advent Wreath blessing, and an Advent Wreath song…. Continue Reading
stamp out biblical ignorance
On Tuesday 8 November UK’s Royal Mail issued their Christmas Stamps for 2011. It is a delight to see Christmas stamps that are actually Christmas stamps. This year’s stamps celebrate the 400th anniversary of the King James Bible. There’s just one problem: the second-class stamp has a picture of an angel with a dreaming Joseph…. Continue Reading
Winter Soulstice Matariki
Winter (Summer) Solstice this year is June 22. The Northern Hemisphere Winter Solstice is linked to Christmas and winter has a number of liturgical and folk celebrations. If we want to embody liturgy better into the Southern Hemisphere – how might we celebrate it? Would we link it to the birth of John the Baptist… Continue Reading
Christmas, Kwanzaa, Eid al-Adha, Hanukkah, Al-Hijira
In the Southern Hemisphere, and certainly in Aotearoa-New Zealand, this is our go-slow time… So – sometimes your comments may take longer than usual to get through moderation…
The paradox of Christmas
In the Southern Hemisphere, and certainly in Aotearoa-New Zealand, this is our go-slow time… So – sometimes your comments may take longer than usual to get through moderation…