Speaking of weddings.. A couple of times a year, our daily local newspaper, the Press, publishes a lift-out Wedding Directory/Advertising Feature (called “I do“). There are very attractively presented hints, lists, articles, venues, jewellery, dresses, cakes, flowers, etc…. I wrote about the one at this time last year. That was the first one in which… Continue Reading
Welcome to the “new format” Liturgy website.
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.
Tag Archives: spirituality
forming contemplative leadership
This is the fourth post in a series that I started by saying that I know in my heart what I mean, but I may express it so poorly that I will be misunderstood. I have been trying to write about communities that focus more on prayer than on programmes, more on God than on… Continue Reading
Open letter to TPLWG
The Common Life Liturgical Commission (CLLC) is the provincial liturgical body of the three-tikanga (cultural streams) church, The Anglican Church in Aotearoa, New Zealand and Polynesia. The Tikanga Pakeha Liturgical Working Group (TPLWG) is the pakeha liturgical committee, with at least a representative from each diocese, that feeds in to the CLLC. TPLWG meets three… Continue Reading
contemplative community 2
This is the second post in a series that I started by saying that I know in my heart what I mean, but I may express it so poorly that I will be misunderstood. The first on contemplative community is found by clicking here. I am trying to, in this current post, make a connection… Continue Reading
contemplative community
I think I know in my heart what I want to say in this and a future related post – but I also have an intuition that what I write may be misheard. But hey! Like that’s never happened before so here goes: Many of us will have been to a service with so many… Continue Reading
Bruno & the Carthusians
Bruno of Cologne (Cologne, c. 1030 – Serra San Bruno, 6 October 1101), founder of the Carthusian Order. God, you called Bruno to serve you in a life of solitude, inspired by his example, may our hearts be fixed on you amidst the swift and varied changes of the world, through Jesus, the Christ, who… Continue Reading
Make Preparation
Make Preparation: Liturgy Planning Notes By Paul Gibson (free download). Thank you so much to David who, in a comment on this site, alerted me to this wonderful new (free) online resource. The Canadian Anglican Book of Alternative Services (BAS) came out in 1985. It was a significant new Anglican prayer book. Contemporary, renewed liturgy… Continue Reading