So many Christian communities appear to be in survival mode – the “How do we get people in through our doors? How do we keep them here? How do we get young people?” mentality. [Young people, I promise you, can smell the bait-and-switch approach of many communities a mile away – and stay away]. What
Vincent Murphy, one of my followers on twitter, and a regular commenter on this site, has on his site uncovered the program for the creation of the universe (you can follow the verses in Genesis 1 indicated eg. // 1:1-5): [word@god ~]# cat creation.word #!/bin/word // 1:1-5 begin creation public earth = new domain(); earth.content
My first degree is in Science, my second degree is in Theology. I do not see a conflict between Science and Religion or Spirituality. I do not see how measuring the thickness of the paint on the Mona Lisa, or analysing its chemical composition, or measuring the wavelengths of the light it reflects conflicts with
This site regularly collects contributions from readers in such areas as best online bible study resources, best online hymn study resources, best online lectionary resources in order to be a central place where people can turn for good quality information. More and more people have an iPhone or an IPod Touch. A pastor, priest, or
I genuinely thought that my previous post on the Purity Solutions communion wafer dispenser was a wonderful well-executed spoof. Then a person tweeted me that he had seen these for sale, and finally added his comment on the blog post. I am rendered speechless! On facebook a person suggested I search “communion host dispenser”. I
Luciano Marabese has invented an electronic terracotta holy water dispenser. It works like an automatic soap dispenser in public lavatories. A churchgoer waves his or her hand under a sensor and the machine spurts out holy water. Following the outbreak of the H1N1 virus many churches stopped having holy water in a stoup. They feared
Sunday November 29 is the 20th anniversary of the launch of A New Zealand Prayer Book/He Karakia Mihinare o Aotearoa (NZPB/HKMA). I would be interested in knowing how many copies have been sold in New Zealand? How many copies have been sold overseas? How many copies were bought and are now sitting at the back
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