Some time ago I received a question which I answered privately. I do not know which country nor even which communion this question refers to. So if the mitre fits… The diocesan bishop was coming to a church’s patronal festival. The bishop said he would robe and sit in the sanctuary but “play no part
the bishop comes last? Read More »
“Where The Streets Have No Name” (live from Boston) “We can be in the middle of the worst gig in our lives, but when we go into that song, everything changes. The audience is on its feet, singing along with every word. It’s like God suddenly walks through the room. It’s the point where craft
This year, on 4 December, it is the 50th anniversary of the Constitution on the Sacred Liturgy (Sacrosanctum Concilium), the first document promulgated by Vatican II. I was invited to write a reflection from an Anglican perspective for Liturgy, the Roman Catholic Auckland Diocesan Liturgy Centre publication. I am grateful that they are happy for
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The photo on the left is that of a Baptist minister. I’m sorry, I’ll read that again: The photo on the left is that of a Baptist minister. This is Malkhaz Songulashvili, the leader of the Evangelical Baptist Church of Georgia (EBCG). Here’s how Alexander Cuttino, an American pastor, recently described worship in a EBCG
A good friend of mine pointed out this Sunday (23 June) Roman Catholics (RC) and the Revised Common Lectionary (RCL) have a different Gospel Reading. Usually, the Gospel Reading is the same. Why not this Sunday? There is no official explanation to go with either lectionary. So I am intuiting the reason for the change
no pigs for Catholics? Read More »
There is a tradition of “receiving the creed”. This is the fifth post in a series on the Creed. The first is Apostles’ Creed. The second is I believe in God. The third is a source of the Apostles’ Creed. The fourth is I believe in the Father. Those involved in a catechumenal process as
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I have been researching web best practice in order to keep this site cutting edge, and user-friendly. There are some obvious conventions: a clickable header/logo in the top left that sends you to the home page. a navigation bar across the top or down the side links in the footer to some secondary level importance
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I have received requests to go through the Peace in slow motion, particularly which parts are appropriate for the presider to do and which parts are appropriate for the deacon to do (if one is part of leading the service). In my book Celebrating Eucharist I have a section on The deacon at a Eucharist
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