The Nativity Factor
The Nativity Factor is a short film competition to tell the story of the Nativity in the most creative way possible.
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2011
is the lectionary obligatory?
I was recently at a gathering with a wide spectrum of clergy and laity from throughout New Zealand and a discussion developed whether or not the Lectionary is obligatory.
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Week starting December 11
Do you have any ideas or resources for Advent? Please add them in the comments. Textweek resources The readings Advent resources • collect/opening prayer reflection for December 11 Advent 3 and the week following (CofE Common Worship) • collect/opening prayer reflection for December 11 Advent 3 and the week following (TEC BCP) • collect/opening prayer
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Roman Catholics to use ESV
Archbishop Mark Coleridge, Roman Catholic Archbishop of Canberra and Goulburn in Australia, writes that there was “no hope that the Lectionary or any part of it will appear at the same time as the Missal”. The Lectionary, in this context, refers to the book of scripture readings used at Mass. His announcement continues with the
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Worst Nativity sets
Here’s some nativity sets that may make make you laugh, or throw up your hands in horror, or both. Along with other comments, if you want to share any others you know of, you can add a URL in the comments section. H/T and far more examples Mark Oestreicher and Catholic Supply where “The Kneeling
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God is not a product
I want to initiate some sort of discussion/reflection around the idea that we very quickly speak of/treat “God” as a product, as an object, as a “means”. There is anxiety in the West that the numbers in churches are dropping, and the average age is rising. God often appears in talk around such anxiety as
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Advent longing
Ron Rolheiser writes: Pierre Teilhard de Chardin once suggested that peace and justice will come to us when we reach a high enough psychic temperature so as to burn away the things that still hold us apart. … Advent is about getting in touch with our longing. It’s about letting our yearnings raise our psychic