A moving story appeared in our local newspaper recently about former Cistercian monk who has spent the last 50 years building a cathedral by himself near Madrid. The article was a reprint from the Times. There it appeared April 1 and there had to be assurances that this was not an April Fool joke. There
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I was in a gift shop with a cafe, having a coffee, when I spotted the above Maria & Jesus salt & pepper grinders for sale. I went over to the counter with “Maria” and asked the young woman working there: “Who is this?” She paused, hesitated, looked at the box (“Maria”, it says). “Mary
See here for a commentary on the collect/opening prayer for this Sunday. The forty days of Lent are to prepare for the fifty days of Easter. Is that continuing to be your experience? I participated in worship with a different community for Easter 3 than for Easter 2. I was again delighted that the Easter
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The Language of God from United Church of Christ on Vimeo. I’ve previously commented on the need for churches to use contemporary media to get their message out in an attractive manner, using today’s ways of communicating. The above is a good example that has already been forwarded to me by several followers of this
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The secret can finally be revealed: the Easter Bunny is not only Anglican, but actually a primate of the Anglican Communion: Archbishop Martin de Jesus Barahona, primate of the Anglican Church in Central America. h/t Fr Scott Gunn
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One Voice York, a network of Christian churches and leaders of different denominations who work together in York, England, organised a baptism of eleven people for April 3. This is the fourth year of such ecumenical baptisms there. Each candidate for baptism had their minister join them in the water to baptise their candidate with
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New Zealand’s General Synod papers are typed up on a computer and, hence, the papers are digital prior to being printed off. Rev. Peter Carrell has been reading the 2010 General Synod papers and is discussing them on his website. Peter is not a member of General Synod – hence, there is clearly nothing confidential
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My friend, Ross Bay, will be ordained the 11th bishop of Auckland tomorrow. We trained together for the priesthood in the 80s. Ross was vicar of Ellerslie/Mt Wellington and of Remuera before becoming Dean. Auckland is our largest diocese. Ross is married to Jacquie who works in science education. Ross is a man of integrity,
