On the second day of Passover an omer of barley was cut down and brought to the Temple as an offering. Every night, from the second night of Passover to the night before Shavu’ot (Pentecost), there is a blessing Baruch atah A-donai E-loheinu Melekh Ha-olam asher kid’shanu b’mitzvotav v’tzivanu al S’firat Ha-omer. (“Blessed are You,
Do you think that the liturgical rules for New Zealand’s Anglican Church are transparent, simple, and clear? Christchurch diocese does not. The synod of the Christchurch diocese, unanimously and with acclaim, passed a motion which included asking: “the Standing Committee of the General Synod/ te Hinota Whanui to urgently set in place a review of
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A very helpful chart for those who keep referring to the biblical standard of marriage. Click on the chart to enlarge. Click on it again to enlarge again. I try to credit the source of things when possible – I have searched for the origin of this chart without success. I have seen it in
Our newspaper recently had an article about a scandal affecting the world’s largest Christian television network, Trinity Broadcasting Network (TBN). The Trinity Broadcasting Network (TBN) was created 39 years ago by Paul and Janice Crouch, a husband and wife who espouse a “prosperity gospel” – the message being that followers must give to the Lord
Margaret Orleans responded to a recent post here by pointing to a cookie recipe “in the style of the revised missal translation” that, apparently, has been spreading around some blogs. With the slightest of revisions, here it is: Cookie Recipe (Revised Translation) Serves: You and many. Having procured one chalice butter, 2/3 chalice sugar, cream
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The Anglican-Roman Catholic International Commission has completed the second meeting of its new phase (ARCIC III) in Kowloon, Hong Kong (3-10 May 2012). The Commission, chaired by the Most Revd David Moxon (Anglican Archbishop of the New Zealand Dioceses) and the Most Revd Bernard Longley (Roman Catholic Archbishop of Birmingham) comprises nineteen theologians from a
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This is a fairly simple, effective welcoming video. You could easily embed it on your own church’s website. Even better: why not make your own welcoming video – easily done, upload it to YouTube, embed it on your community’s website. And let us know about it.
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Regulars here will know that the NZ Lectionary publication is an easy target for a blog post about liturgical confusion. It has been three weeks since my last post about this – I have successfully been resisting the temptation to point out issues in the NZ Lectionary. But regulars will also know that when it
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