June 2014
Archbishop Justin Meets Pope Francis
This month, Pope Francis and Archbishop of Canterbury Justin met for the second time. Some are often over-optimistic – organic Christian unity can be made to look just around the corner. A long list of documents agree on everything from the eucharist, church, ministry, authority, salvation, ethics, and Mary. There is not one single area
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Leaving the Prayer Book
It is not unknown to go to worship in an Anglican Church in NZ and to find that barely a single response is drawn from A New Zealand Prayer Book He Karakia Mihinare o Aotearoa (ANZPBHKMA). And sometimes no responses or words whatsoever are drawn from our Prayer Book. And not only is this allowed
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We Are The Body Of Christ
Principle 3: The church at prayer is Christ in his Body at prayer The third principle, above, comes from Celebrating the Eucharist by Patrick Malloy (The first principle is here, the second principle is here). In the liturgy, the church enters consciously and intentionally into the prayer that Christ offers ceaselessly before God. The liturgy,
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Andrew Hedge Bishop-Elect
Update 18 October 2014 Thoughts and prayers for Andrew Hedge, his family, and the Diocese of Waiapu as today he is ordained bishop, and installed as the 16th Bishop of Waiapu. You can light a candle in the online Chapel. I am delighted with the announcement that my friend Andrew Hedge has been elected as
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Te Pouhere Sunday
You know those exam questions that have a statement, and then just add, “Discuss”. This post could be thought of like that (I suppose all posts here could be thought of like that). The dynamic (I’m choosing that word on purpose) of the 3-year Revised Common Lectionary, of the Church Year, of the Bible actually,
Christianity – The Third Culture Kid
Third culture kids (TCKs) “refer to children who were raised in a culture outside of their parents’ culture for a significant part of their development years… The first culture of children refers to the culture of the country from which the parents originated, the second culture refers to the culture in which the family currently
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