There is an old joke: Q. What’s the difference between a liturgist and a terrorist? A. You can negotiate with a terrorist. I recently wrote about the negative view many people hold of the word and concept of “liturgy”. In this current post, I want to make a comparison between “liturgy” and “grammar”. Compare the
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A “liturgist” in NZ Anglicanism is not (as on the rest of the planet) a person who studies liturgy; here a “liturgist” is a lay leader in the “first part of the service”. Whatever I might think about this way of running a service, in practice this is deeply embedded in NZ Anglicanism. And, whatever
There is discussion about the lack of participation of liturgists in the design of recent church buildings. There is a call for architects to be more concerned about making buildings that are appropriate spaces for people to worship in – individually and together; and less concerned about winning architectural awards. “The lack of integration between
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“What is the difference between a liturgist and a terrorist? You can negotiate with a terrorist.” I so often find the words “God”, “prayer”, “creation”, “gospel”… misused. Abused. Confused. Wonderful concepts are taken captive and even appear to be turned to mean the opposite of what was intended. God our loving creator becomes the almighty
I was delighted, yesterday, to have a visit from a friend from England, Bishop Colin Buchanan. Colin describes himself as An Evangelical Among the Anglican Liturgists. I have a lot of the works he has written. And he has written a lot. I’m grateful he brought with him for me his Modern Anglican Liturgies 1958-1968.
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A friend of mine sent me information that a house-that-was-a-church is for sale in Hobart, Tasmania. It is only $Aus1,450,000! It seems to me the ideal retirement home for a liturgist! I’ve even worked out a way to finance it. Simple. If each of my appreciative followers on twitter and facebook donates only $Aus60 each
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The internet is an amazing place! Cyberspace is a new land in which we find and create community. Recently someone contacted me: “I always enjoy your blog Bosco, but of late, it has been even more enriching. I love how your blog is a true ecclesia for so many – church is above all people
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Three jokes of uncertain taste 😉
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