I recently read about a parish where the staff, once a week, read out prayerfully, from the parish directory, a list of about twenty families. This is great. And I in no way want to denigrate this – quite the opposite. The reporting had an element of surprise – even from the experienced priest –
Glory to God in the highest, and peace to God’s people on earth. Gloria in excelsis Deo is one of the oldest Christian hymns still sung. In the East it forms part of the Office. In the West it was traditionally used early in the Eucharistic liturgy – just prior to the collect. That’s the
One of the sadder moments for me at the recent diocesan synod was communion time at the synod Eucharist. While I and others were going to receive communion, clusters of people, particularly clergy, were sitting around and chatting. We regularly see complaints about the Sign of Peace interrupting worship and degenerating to a catch-up time.
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scripture readings I believe in the Holy Spirit. I have a significant announcement to make: I can levitate. In fact I am levitating now. You are not touching anything. You are not touching the chair you are sitting on. If you think of yourself as a pile of particles you might think that the particles
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and will come again to judge the living and the dead. References to “the quick and the dead”, and puns or jokes about that, derive from this line, the old translation being: He ascended into heaven: And sitteth on the right hand of God the Father Almighty: From thence he shall come to judge the
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If you want to read the scriptures prayerfully with the church I recommend the readings used in the Eucharist – Sundays and weekdays. The parts of the Bible read this day, Thursday 3 October, most around the world will be Nehemiah 8:1-12 and Luke 10:1-12, with Psalm 19:7-11. Nehemiah 8:1-12 particularly touched me this morning
Disclaimer: I have not been invited to attend the Global Anglican Future Conference (GAFCON) to be held in Nairobi from October 21 – 26, 2013. Nor did I did get an invitation to attend the last GAFCON held in Jerusalem from 22 to 29 June 2008. As I understand it, Bishop Richard Ellena (Nelson, New
