Lord, teach me to be generous. Teach me to serve you as you deserve; to give and not to count the cost, to fight and not to heed the wounds, to toil and not to seek for rest, to labour and not to ask for reward, save that of knowing that I do your will.
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NB. I WILL BE VERY RESTRICTING OF COMMENTS HERE (see below). In this brief video, I try and present the essence of a cathedral. This video of me is one of seven expert video presentations for the Christchurch diocesan synod as it considers what to do about the earthquake-damaged cathedral at the heart of Christchurch.
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Let us pray (in silence) [that we may desire to know what is right and be ready to do it] Pause Grant to us, Lord [or O God], we pray, the spirit to always think and do what is right, that we, who cannot exist without you, may be able to live according to your
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The Very Rev’d Professor Martyn Percy will speak on “What it means to be an inclusive Church” this Thursday (10 August 2017) at 7:30 pm at Christ’s College. All are very welcome. The 45th Dean of Christ Church, Oxford, and one of the world’s leading academics, is presenting for the Centre for Ethics and Spirituality
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Someone once said to me, “I have no problem believing that it’s Jesus, it’s believing that it’s bread that I find difficult!” Another time I heard someone explaining, “it’s not supposed to be bread, it’s just supposed to symbolise bread.” In the early church, Christians used the same baking techniques and same ovens for both
I Can’t Believe It’s Not Jesus!
Gluten and Alcohol-Free Christ Read More »A lot of people online have been discussing the recent study Growth and Decline in the Anglican Communion: 1980 to the Present (Routledge Contemporary Ecclesiology). There have been discussions of Church of England dioceses. And the Facing of the Episcopal Church Decline. In some sense, then, this post is a contribution to that ongoing discussion,
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Durham University is, in September, starting an MA in digital theology. The study will focus on two dimensions: (1) how Christians engage with the digital world; (2) theological reflections around the new(ish) digital reality. The first focus has had a lot of engagement here on this website: Church in a Facebook World Using Facebook as
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For this coming Sunday, the Lectionary booklet of the Anglican Church in Aotearoa, New Zealand and Polynesia (also known as the Anglican Church of Or) provides for an option where “the Transfiguration is transferred to Monday 7 August” (see image above). But this option is not allowed for in our Church’s Formularies (the agreed teaching
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