Looking Down at Christmas
A satellite image produces an image of the Southern Cross in Christchurch and a unique Christmas card.
November 2019
An Other New Zealand Prayer Book?
What is A New Zealand Prayer Book that is binding on our Church and its doctrine? Not a rhetorical question…
Slow Advent
As Slow Food is to Fast Food – so Slow Advent is to most people’s Fast “Season of Advent”.
Resources for Advent 1
God of hope,
give us grace to cast away the works of darkness,
and to put on the armour of light,
now in the time of this mortal life,
in the which your Son Jesus Christ came to us in great humility;
so that on the last day when he shall come again in his glorious majesty
to judge the living and the dead,
we may rise to the life immortal,
through him who lives and reigns with you
and the Holy Spirit now and for ever.
Amen.
Laying on Hands
Is it appropriate to lay hands on the head of a person being commissioned (if it is neither a confirmation or an ordination)?
Jesus and Jojo Rabbit
Jojo Rabbit is a style of serious humour that reminds me of Jesus’ sense of humour.
New Zealand Lectionary 2020
A digital copy of the Lectionary for 2020 – and a review of it.
Resources for Week Starting 24 November
Sovereign God,
it is your will to gather up all things
in your beloved one,
reigning in the universe
in the power that is love,
mercifully grant
that the whole of creation,
freed from slavery,
may serve and praise you
through Jesus Christ
who is alive with you,
in the unity of the Holy Spirit,
one God, now and for ever.
Amen.