Many, many Christians have a problem about sex. Sex. Sex. Sex. It’s the feast of St Valentine. Read about that here. When was the last time you heard a sermon about how great sex is? Or how to have great sex? A course, run by a church, on having awesome sex? Those “evangelicals” who don’t
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“Where your treasure is, there your heart will be also.” (Jesus. Ash Wednesday Gospel reading; Matthew 6:21) We are today, on Ash Wednesday, this Lent, being invited to embark on an unexpected journey. In Chapter 1 of the Hobbit the dragon Smaug is described as “a most specially greedy, strong and wicked worm.” Early in
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In the English translation of the Bible we read the word “sin”. The Hebrew word mostly being translated is חָטָא (chata). The Greek word mostly being translated is ἁμαρτία (hamartia). Both mean “missing the mark”. In Judges 20:16, there’s a story of 26,000 armed men amongst whom was a group of seven hundred left-handed young
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Recently @dizzley tweeted me that I was listed at churchleaders.com as one of the Top 100 Christian Leaders to Follow on Twitter. The editorial team of the site used “a combination of metrics including Tweetgrader.com, our own personal algorithm and a little editorial energy. In general, the rating system we used took into account the
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Creating A New Zealand Prayer Book by Bishop Brian Carrell Published by Theology House Publications (2013) 126 pages. Kindle version This book is the first substantial memoir covering the whole 25 year period of the Prayer Book Commission and its work. It is a fascinating, personal account that will explain much about that watershed event
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I’m collecting links here to resources for Lent. Especially for those who are not regulars here. Please remember to click on the different tabs on the menu above; hover over them to see sub-menus, use the search box in the top right to find what you are looking for. Please add other resources, including your
I am delighted to announce the online version of my thesis, The Anglican Eucharist in New Zealand 1814-1989. Until now this was only available through libraries or from me. This is the amazing, 175 year story starting from the first service of Holy Communion in 1814 in Aotearoa New Zealand; through ritual controversies, fights, disputes,
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What does the cross mean to you? The cross: when you see it on a landscape, a building, in church, by the side of a road; the sign of the cross when you make it on yourself, when it is made over you, over others, over an object,…? Are there different types of crosses that
