I have written about his previously: Animal Blessing – St Francis Rather than my creating a new post, I suggest you read that one and add your comments and suggestions there. Thank you. Source of the above image
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Tag Archives: Creation
Meteor Shower
Joshua Tree Under the Milky Way from Henry Jun Wah Lee on Vimeo. Magnificent time-lapse video by Henry Jun Wah Lee of the Perseid meteor shower in Joshua Tree National Park. Music by Sigur Ros.
Best BP oil spill explanation ever!
OK I’ve got to have some excuse to embed this video. I know: it is part of our mission “to strive to safeguard the integrity of creation, sustaining and renewing the earth.”
Exsultet
The Exsultet (Exultet) can be a good source of reflection during the Easter Season. The Exsultet originates from some time between the fifth and seventh centuries and is the traditional Western Rite hymn of praise intoned by the deacon during the Easter Vigil after the procession with the Paschal Candle. Rejoice, heavenly powers! Sing, choirs of… Continue Reading
Earth Hour – dominion theology
Tomorrow is Earth Hour. The four marks of the church’s mission were formulated and presented as part of the report of a meeting of the Anglican Consultative Council which took place in Nigeria in 1984. Two meetings later, in Wales in 1990, they wrote in a report called Mission, Culture and Human Development “There has… Continue Reading
Michael Ruse v Richard Dawkins
One of my followers on twitter, a university professor, in response to my recent post about Richard Dawkins pointed me to an article by Michael Ruse. Michael Ruse is an atheist. He is a philosopher of biology. Ruse is well known for his arguments against “Intelligent Design”. But Ruse holds that it is possible to… Continue Reading
Is Christ God’s avatar?
A week before Christmas, when Christians celebrate God’s incarnation in Christ, the 3D movie Avatar (warning: spoilers follow) took movie-going to a new level in a similar way that Star Wars did in 1977. Although there has been criticism of Avatar’s story content, and even Vatican panning of its spirituality, it is IMO worth drawing… Continue Reading