Let Us Play
Let us play: are children welcome at worship which has a strong sense of using signs, symbols, art, music, gestures, actions, and beauty?
March 2021
Lent 5 2021
Look graciously on your whanau [or household],
we implore you, O God, [or Almighty God]
that by your great goodness we may be governed in body
and, through your protection, kept safe in mind and heart;
through our Saviour Jesus Christ,
who is alive with you and the Holy Spirit,
one God now and for ever.
Amen.
Common Prayer Part 2
Common Prayer is not just praying together at the same time in the same place, it is linking together across time and space as the church catholic.
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Lament
Those who think there is no place for lament in our classical Christian disciplines have missed out on a daily Christian practice.
Creating a Universe in 6 Days?
Don’t project our scientific understanding of the origin of the universe onto the great poem of Genesis 1.
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Lent 4 2021
Forgive, O God, the offences of your people,
that through your goodness we may be freed from the bonds of the sins
which in our frailty
we have committed;
through our Saviour Jesus Christ,
who is alive with you and the Holy Spirit,
one God now and for ever.
Amen.
What is Common Prayer?
You and I might both use the words “common prayer” and mean something significantly different by that.
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Sermon Preparation
Wondering/researching: I often see Anglican/Episcopal clergy online talking about sermon preparation – rarely, if ever, Roman Catholic clergy doing so. Is this because, RC’s, you just don’t talk about this, or there’s a difference in understanding the homily, or formation, or lifestyle?
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