A recent post about “what a lectionary is not” led to a lot of helpful discussion (here and elsewhere). We can think further about the place of preaching in worship. I think preaching is important. I have heard some amazing sermons that have made me feel, think, and make changes in my life. But, I
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Everywhere is celebrating 50 years since landing on the Moon. So, in the spirit of Throwback Thursday, this liturgy site is celebrating 50 years since the first communion on the Moon. On Sunday July 20, 1969 the first people landed on the moon. Neil Armstrong and Buzz Aldrin were in the lunar lander which touched
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While Christianity struggles to move into the 21st-century, post-modern context, other belief systems are rapidly filling the vacuum that has been created. Because, people, they need to believe. And scientific rationalism isn’t something that most people are able to build a life upon.
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These two days, I’m working to make this website even better – updating the theme (look) to fit with the upgraded WordPress 5 (Gutenberg). Prayers and thoughts appreciated.
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On some recent occasions when I was present, clergy were leading the Daily Office from A New Zealand Prayer Book He Karakia Mihinare o Aotearoa. In each of these cases, when they got to the appointed psalm, however, rather than using it as a prayer that we, the gathered community, prayed together, the psalm in
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Let us pray (in silence) [that we may follow the Good Shepherd] pause O God,you shine the light of your truth for those who stray into error,so that they may be able to return to the right path,grant that all who profess the Christian faithmay reject whatever is contrary to the name of Christand eagerly
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[et_pb_section admin_label=”section”] [et_pb_row admin_label=”row”] [et_pb_column type=”4_4″][et_pb_text admin_label=”Text”] You don’t have to spend much time on the internet to realise that it can magnify human good and human bad. People say and do things digitally that they wouldn’t do In Real Life. But I think the internet acronym, IRL (In Real Life), belies our new normal
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