Many are going to be celebrating All Saints’ Sunday on October 31 Eastern churches celebrate All Saints on the first Sunday after Pentecost. The first All Saints’ Day occurred on May 13, 609 (C.E.) when Boniface IV, bishop of Rome, accepted the Pantheon as a gift from the Emperor Phocas. This became the Church of
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THE Font is a primary sign and symbol in the worship space. Just as baptism images dying with Christ, so the font images tomb. Just as baptism images being cleansed, so the font images bath. You can stand up in the pool and have water poured over you. Use copious water. Baptism in the Anglican
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I think there is a very positive culture in the community that gathers around this site. People hold strong positions on spirituality, worship, liturgy – here those positions, including differences and disagreements, are shared with respect. And humour. People follow the comments policy. I recently was pointed to these 10 rules for online engagement: Pray.
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As fate 😉 would have it – with some others I acted out the above skit to an audience of hundreds only a couple of weeks ago! [I had the part originally played by Alan Bennett]. And now, today, October 21, 2011 – according to Harold Camping – is the end of the universe. (Also
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The Collect I am attempting my own version of the collects, and rework this week’s one as: Almighty everlasting God, grant us an increase of faith, hope, and love, and, so that we may obtain what you promise, make us cherish what you command; through Jesus Christ who is alive with you in the unity
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This post makes little sense unless you are aware of the common NZ Anglican practice of having a lay person “lead the first half of the Eucharist”. [Such a “lay worship leader” is often called a “liturgist” sic!] The practice appears to have developed from the union of three different trends The desire to give
Two years ago I made a list of wonderful free online Bible resources (click here). Episcopal cafe has pointed to another list: Online Bibles Bible.org: Get access to the NET Bible from this page. You can also get some helpful tools for study, including pop-verses on the page. Join communities and get help finding Bible
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The Bible in the Life of the Church project was commissioned by the Anglican Consultative Council (ACC) at its meeting in Jamaica in May 2009. Its aims are: to explore how we, as Anglicans, actually use the Bible by sharing experiences of using the Bible to explore two major contemporary issues; to distil from and
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