This is a video clip of Joshua Bell playing Bach incognito in a Washington DC Metro Station. Here is one of the best musicians in the world playing one of the most intricate pieces ever written, with a violin worth $US 3.5 million dollars. Approximately 2,000 people passed him. Very, very few took any notice.
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This morning my Twitter account @liturgy (http://twitter.com/liturgy) “has been suspended due to strange activity.” Well I always knew that many (most?) people regard liturgy as a “strange activity”!!! Apparently suspension can last up to thirty days. I have nearly 14,000 followers who regularly comment how they find my tweeting of prayers, quotes, reflections, etc. enriching
The BCP Boys with their number one single, now for the first time in this delightful rap video. Biretta tip to @philritchie Compline online Lyrics Straight outta compline! Thinkin about goin to bed Gotta say my prayers til the day I’m dead I lead the boys instead down to the chapel and said: “You gotta
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The Episcopal Church’s House of Bishop’s Theology Committee has just produced a first report on the question of whether the unbaptised might be welcomed to receive communion. In the past, it was those with a low view of the Eucharist who might have argued that anyone can receive communion. For them it was merely bread
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A reflection for the 14th Sunday in Ordinary Time July 5 from the collect/opening prayer (NZPB) A reflection for the 4th Sunday after Trinity July 5 from the collect/opening prayer – Common Worship (CofE)
Two days ago I put up a post on whether or not we should have sacraments in and through the virtual world of the internet (click to read Virtual Eucharist). Seldom have I seen such strong interest in a particular issue on my site. About 200 people an hour are reading this article – over
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Those on Facebook will be aware that Facebook recently joined other social networking sites in people being able to choose their own username rather than the previous system where Facebook just gave an URL with a random series of numbers and letters. I am delighted that yesterday I was able to get the following username
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Can sacraments work in the virtual world? The Revd Professor Paul S. Fiddes, a Baptist minister and Professor of Systematic Theology at the University of Oxford and Director of Research, Regent’s Park College, has just written a short paper arguing in favour of celebrating Eucharist in the virtual world. Mark Brown, an Anglican priest and
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