SING we of the blessed Mother
Sing again the joys of Mary
when she saw the risen Lord,
And in prayer with Christ’s apostles,
waited on his promised word.
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2020
Resources Sunday 9 February 2020
Keep the household of your church, O God,
safe in your tender compassion,
so that we who entrust ourselves totally to your heavenly grace
may always be defended by your protection;
through Jesus Christ
who is alive with you,
in the unity of the Holy Spirit,
one God, now and for ever.
Amen.
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So you want to go to a church service? Part 2
The church is not just often bad with 20th Century, digital technology, it is often bad with 19th Century printing technology.
So you want to go to a church service? Part 2
It’s the Bible But not as we know it
Here is a very attractive version of the New Testament – but it also raises a lot of questions.
It’s the Bible But not as we know it
Religion and Spirituality
Maybe you can think of a positive interpretation of religion in this image – I think the picture presents religion less favourably than spirituality. What is your interpretation?
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Candlemas 2020
Almighty and ever-living God,
clothed in majesty,
whose beloved Son was this day presented in the Temple,
in substance of our flesh:
grant that we may be presented to you
with pure and clean hearts,
by your Son Jesus Christ our Lord,
who is alive and reigns with you,
in the unity of the Holy Spirit,
one God, now and for ever.
Amen.
Busking grows up
Busking is like liturgy – connecting fixed ‘set pieces’ with the particular context, and so on. And busking, like liturgy and Christianity, can also become increasingly ‘institutionalised’.
Cultivating Contemplatives
In a world where people yearn for wellbeing, and movements like mindfulness are huge, we need to be creative in sharing the Christian contemplative tradition.
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