The Torah reading in the synagogue this sabbath is Numbers 22:2-25:9 The period of time from the seventeen of Tammuz until the ninth of Av is often called the “Three Weeks of Sorrow” in Jewish tradition. Spiritually, the season is marked by a renewed called for teshuvah (repentance), and the weekly readings from the prophets
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…Let’s just take a moment’s break from speaking about spirituality, especially spirituality and science. So, it looks like the God Particle has been shown to exist. The Higgs Boson, yes. Nothing to do with God, of course – don’t take that literally. [Nobel Prize-winning physicist] Leon Lederman called it the God particle. It talks to
A week out from the meeting of General Synod Te Hinota Whanui (GSTHW) members received a new motion (motions are to be in 7 weeks earlier). The explanation with this motion (number 31) is that it is required on the passing of Bill 4. Bill 4 is the last stage towards making Ashes to Fire
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The 77th General Convention of the Episcopal Church (TEC) runs from July 5–12, 2012, at Indiana Convention Center, Indianapolis, Indiana. This is TEC’s ultimate decision-making body and it is the second largest democratic decision-making body in the world (the first being the parliament of India). Bishops and Deputies (lay and clergy) from TEC’s 16 member
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Louise George recently wrote an article in the Sydney Morning Herald about a worship experience which is certainly not confined to Sydney: …recently I attended the christening of the newest member of the extended family. The christening, one of two, was at the beginning of the Sunday morning service. There was a tiny contingent of
Christchurch has a new airport. It is very nice. Except for one thing. Those who designed the signs should get an international “fail” award. Go and talk to the information booths (as you will need to if you don’t know where you are going) and ask them: many, many people cannot find their way following
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The Collect in the Churches of the Reformation (Scm Studies in Worship and Liturgy) Bridget Nichols (Editor) 224 pages I am delighted to have read this book – one of the most recent on contemporary collect scholarship, and with a particular (but not exclusive) focus on churches of the Reformation. Lutheran scholar, Frank Senn, characterises
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Updated 4 July 2012 The Episcopal Ordination (Consecration) of Bishop-Elect Reverend Justin Duckworth and his Installation (Enthronement) as 11th Bishop of Wellington took place in the Wellington Cathedral of St Paul, on Saturday 30 June 2012 at 1.30pm. It was streamed live on the internet. You can see recordings of the service here: Part 1 – the
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