A Southern Hemisphere Lent photographic reflection in my garden (part 4) Click here for part 1 Click here for part 2 Click here for part 3 The caterpillar has stopped eating and found somewhere safe (as a pupa it is incredibly vulnerable). It has become very still and secreted a much thicker and stronger pupal
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I see, from time to time, discussions about “lay presidency” of the Eucharist. In favour of this, regularly the eucharistic rite is dismembered and the discussion quickly degenerates to, “why can a lay person do this bit and not that bit?” This functionalism and legalism is often emotionally undergirded with an anti-catholic attitude {Sydney Anglicans
Reflections based on collect/opening prayer: Fifth Sunday in Lent March 21 from the collect/opening prayer Fifth Sunday in Lent March 21 from the collect/opening prayer (BCP TEC) Looking forward: Palm Sunday/ Passion Sunday Maundy Thursday (Holy Thursday) Good Friday Some people call Lent 5 “Passion Sunday” – I prefer to follow contemporary liturgical calendar renewal
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Whenever I am part of the Easter Vigil I am always delighted if there are baptisms. Recently I was part of conversations where some people were seeing “baptism at the Easter Vigil as distracting from Easter” and, also, seeing immersion as “un-Anglican”. 1) Behind the “baptism at the Easter Vigil is distracting from Easter” idea,
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A Southern Hemisphere Lent photographic reflection in my garden (part 3) Click here for part 1 Click here for part 2 Click here for part 4 The following are a couple of videos I found on YouTube showing a caterpillar pupating. These videos are taken at about 10 times speed: Here’s a family’s video at
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As a strong advocate of and encourager to clergy and other Christians to bring mission and ministry into the 21st century and cyberspace, I am delighted to see that Rev. Howard Pilgrim is another Kiwi Anglican priest who has just started a new blog. The blog is called Hermeneutics Workshop. Howard describes himself as “a
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I am not wanting to be churlish or dampen enthusiasm or be controversial for controversy’s sake. But: how many cathedrals can a diocese have? How many diocesan bishops can a diocese have? And even: how many primates can a province have? The Archbishop of York, Dr John Sentanu, on Saturday March 6, was part of
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I have not previously put a link from this site to this year’s online lectionary from the Anglican Church in Aotearoa, New Zealand and Polynesia. Click here to download a PDF of this year’s lectionary (4 MB)
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