Click on the link for a reflections for Sunday January 24 from the collect/opening prayer for that Sunday and the week following: 3rd Sunday in Ordinary Time (3rd Sunday of Epiphany) Please add below any resources, ideas, or comments for the readings, prayers etc. for Sunday.
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I have only recently discovered Matt and Madeleine Flannagan’s site where they track the top New Zealand Christian Blogs. They use a very complicated algorithm including incoming links, posts per week, comments per post, etc. When I examine the actual visitor numbers of these top sites, however, I’m interested that unique visitors is in the
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Some of my best friends are atheists. God is with them. God is present where God’s name is never heard, and God does not affirm all that is done where God’s name is regularly pronounced. Some people tell me, “I do not believe in God.” My response often is, “tell me about this “God” you
I’m trying to do some research around the concept of poverty. Including the possible standard of living of the historical Jesus. He is referred to as a τεκτων (tekton) in Mark 6:3 – there are some suggesting this may mean “scholar” – with reference to Aramaic and the Talmud http://answers.yahoo.com/question/index?qid=20081205075338AAVzAb3. Can anyone confirm or deny
If you have ever been present in a service where a congregation “sings in tongues” and you have been surprised at the way the “random” singing of many voices harmonises – you may not have the musical insight to have realised that the congregation was singing using the pentatonic scale (all the black notes on
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This video was sent as a comment to my previous post on Haiti where I am collecting resources for prayer and donations. In case readers skimmed over that, I am embedding it here. It is an orthodox Christian response from an Episcopalian church to the totally unacceptable claim by Pat Robertson that this earthquake is
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The devastation in Haiti cries out for responses from us all. We need to find ways to offer our financial support urgently and through organisations we know to be reliable and trustworthy. Oxfam, World Vision, Red Cross, Unicef, Christian World Service, Caritas, Save the Children, and Tear Fund are some that I’ve noticed being reported
Prior to the 1970s, NZ Anglicans had to be confirmed in order to be allowed to receive communion. Then in the 70s and 80s General Synod allowed those baptised who had been “Admitted to Communion” to receive communion. This followed the then RC model of “First Communion”. In 1990 General Synod restored the tradition of
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