Over the weekend in Auckland and Christchurch Anglican diocesan synods met. Some of the most intense debate was around… homosexuality. Why homosexuality? Why not evolution? Didn’t Jesus clearly believe and teach Adam and Eve are historical persons (Matthew 19:4-6 – incidentally the same proof-text repeated to argue against marriage equality!)? Does Jesus’ claim that God
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We have been watching what is happening in Syria. We have been praying for Syria. Saturday, 7 September, is a day of prayer and fasting for Syria. You might use the resources in the Chapel here. Pray the Daily Office (online or with another), celebrate Eucharist with this intention. Light a candle (virtual or nonvirtual).
Our prayers for and good wishes to The Rev Dr Helen-Ann Hartley (and all those with whom she will serve) who has been chosen as the next Anglican Bishop of Waikato. She will become the first woman priest ordained in the Church of England to become a bishop. The Church of England does not allow
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Common Prayer: A Liturgy for Ordinary Radicals [Hardcover] by Jonathan Wilson-Hartgrove, Enuma Okoro, and Shane Claiborne. Zondervan 590 pages. The book begins with, “If you love liturgy, this book is for you. If you don’t know what liturgy is, this book is also for you.” This is followed by a wonderful introduction (yes, for those
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he descended to the dead. Firstly let me re-stress something. The ever-popular author, Dan Brown, gets it exactly back to front. In The Da Vinci Code he has the gnostics, whom early mainline Christians considered as having false teaching, as thinking that Jesus was fully human, and he has early “mainline” Christians as teaching Jesus
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When people intensely debate fine details of worship, of liturgy, of common prayer, I sense that those who disdain liturgy, and are looking on, are having their bemusement reinforced. Sadly, that would be a prejudice-based mistake. Let’s use another example. For over two decades now, a try in Rugby Football has been worth 5 points.
I have just started playing around with Vine. When I first read about it, I thought it was simply a 6 second video – micro-YouTube. I had not realised it loops. So I was thinking of six-second spirituality videos and six-second sermon videos. But that doesn’t really work when it loops… But my idea of
