If we were having this conversation in 1960 it might have gone a bit differently. All we had about Pontius Pilate in 1960 was a few lines in the four gospels, and a reference in Philo, and another in Josephus. So Pilate was a bit of a shadowy figure, and we were a little unsure
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An unprecedented documentary of life on the Holy Mountain, a place rarely seen, where prayer has been offered every day for more than a thousand years. I have had the blessing of being there.
The Revised Common Lectionary (RCL), a revision of the Roman Catholic post-Vatican II three-year lectionary, edits out some words of Jesus. On the 19th Sunday in Ordinary Time, Year C (11 August 2013, Proper 14), the Roman Catholic Gospel reading is Luke 12:32-48. RCL has removed eight verses and reads Luke 12:32-40. One of the
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How do we say prayers that others have written and make them our own? There’s been a thread through a lot of comments recently around the tradition of reading prepared prayer. And wondering if there is a problem with this. In a way this is paralleled in good drama, good cinema, quality acting. And we
My post discussing the value of not using the Nicene Creed at ordinary Sunday Eucharist received good discussion and was continued in part 2 with a promise of a further post on that idea. Fr Donald Schell sent me a document by Fr Rick Fabian arguing not to use the Nicene Creed regularly in the
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If you are publishing a book, make sure that you get interviewed by Lauren Green on Faux News Fox News. The interview (above) has gone viral and is benefiting the sale of Reza Aslan’s book Zealot: The Life and Times of Jesus of Nazareth! I have been discussing this with young people and one sent
First there was Flat Stanley. Now there is Flat Jesus. [Theologians: was Flat Jesus actually before Flat Stanley?] St James Episcopal Church in Birmingham, Michigan has started a Flat Jesus project. This includes a facebook page: Do you sometimes wish that Jesus was right there beside you as you navigated through your day? He is,
Because of the destruction of so many church buildings through the Canterbury quakes, my series on church architecture has a particular poignancy. My posts have often been on some general principle or an individual aspect. On Thursday, 1 August, I attended a lecture by Dr Denis McNamara, an architectural historian and theologian at the Liturgical
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