Americans today head to the polls to choose between Barack Obama and John McCain, and my own country also gears up for an election on Saturday (the dynamics of our MMP system make this more complex than a two-horse race – but either Helen Clark or John Key will end up being Prime Minister). Many
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Discussion has led to producing this WORSHIP FIRST badge to add to blogs and websites. The HTML for adding this badge to your blog or website is: <br /> <a href=”http://www.liturgy.co.nz” title=”worship first”><img src=”http://www.liturgy.co.nz/images/worship.jpg” alt=”liturgy liturgical worship” border=0 width=150 height=150></a><br /> I contend worship of God is primary and central to our Christian life and
We just went to see the Pixar movie Wall-E. I unconditionally recommend it. Director/Screenwriter, Andrew Stanton, asks what if humanity had to leave earth and someone forgot to turn the last robot off? What if the most human thing in the universe was a machine? Wall-E has curiosity about life – a desire to connect
Many readers of this site are keenly interested in the movie Kingdom Come on the life of Christ which will be filmed in New Zealand in 2009. This photo by John Bisset (Timaru Herald) shows the transformation of Falstone camping area on the shores of Lake Benmore. This morning’s newspaper sought unshaven extras with Mediterranean
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The Evangelical Alliance recently organised a meeting of Christian bloggers called “Godblogs” and produced 10 commandments ranging from 5. Honour your fellow-bloggers above yourselves and do not give undue significance to their mistakes. through 7. You shall not use the web to commit or permit adultery in your mind. to 10. You shall not covet
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Saint Francis of Assisi’s feast day is October 4. Giovanni Francesco Bernardone was born in 1181 or 1182 and died October 3, 1226. He founded the Order of Friars Minor, commonly known as the Franciscans. He is the patron saint of animals and the environment, and Italy. Churches often hold services with animals near to
I have not been blogging here much as I have been away nine days on retreat at the Cistercian Abbey at Tarrawarra (near Melbourne, Australia). [I know – one day there was a post encouraging prayer for the United Nations meeting to discuss progress on the Millennium Development Goals – but I wrote that before
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