Yesterday I spent a majority of the day at events with the Archbishop of Canterbury. He was visiting Christchurch (in NZ’s province of Canterbury) in a break during the meeting of the Anglican Consultative Council. The day began with a cathedral service at which he presided and preached. The cathedral community are guests at Christ’s
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I was in the congregation at a parish Eucharist recently – not a huge congregation, maybe around a hundred. There was a good age range. Young people were having fun leading music with a ukulele group. A sister from the Community of the Sacred name was towards the back. A Franciscan brother was preaching. There
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ΙΧΘΥΣ is Greek for fish. It is an acronym for Ίησοῦς Jesus Χριστός Christ Θεοῦ God’s Υἱός Son Σωτήρ Saviour (Iēsous Christos, Theou Huios, Sōtēr) The letters can be combined to form a spoked wheel, as in this image at Ephesus: In the days that Christianity was illegal, and you wanted to check if someone
In Aotearoa New Zealand, the Anglican Missions Board has just sent out its annual wall planner (Draft – you can enlarge this by clicking on this link and on the image that opens.). Some observations: It celebrates the Annunciation in Holy Week. That is very unusual in Western practice. And forbidden by our church (Liturgical
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Let us pray (in silence) [that God’s love strengthen us to do God’s will] pause Almighty and merciful God, it is your gift alone by which your faithful people offer you true and laudable service, grant, we beseech you, that we may run, without stumbling, towards your promises; through Jesus Christ who is alive with
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The Synod of Bishops has concluded in Rome. The theme of this, the thirteenth Ordinary General Assembly of the Synod of Bishops, was the New Evangelization for the Transmission of the Christian Faith. Here is the the Message of the Synod of Bishops to the People of God. A taster: …The beauty of faith must
A professor stood before his philosophy class and had some items in front of him. When the class began, he wordlessly picked up a very large and empty mayonnaise jar and proceeded to fill it with golf balls. He then asked the students if the jar was full. They agreed that it was. The professor
The International Anglican Liturgical Consultation (IALC) is reporting to the Anglican Consultative Council (ACC15) starting its meeting today. That reporting will include the new Statement from the International Anglican Liturgical Consultation, Rites Relating to Marriage (PDF) In the current more-heat-than-light Anglican controversy about committed same-sex couples I have often thought that we need to work
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