Leaky Anglican Church of Or
Like New Zealand’s devastating leaky building fiasco, NZ Anglicanism in the last three decades has (similarly) had a combination of weak rules and poorly trained-and-formed clergy.
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Resources for Week Beginning 13 September
Lifegiving God,
we pray that your grace may always precede and follow us,
that we may continually be given to good works;
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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Saint Francis of Assisi
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.
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Carrying The Cross
Kim Rusden is carrying a cross through New Zealand.
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The End of Belief
In a world of alternative facts, and an education system with meagre agreed content, it is little wonder that NZ leads the world in the proportion of no religion.
Resources for Week beginning 6 October
Compassionate God,
you are always more ready to hear than we to pray,
and to give more than we desire or deserve;
pour upon us the abundance of your mercy,
forgiving us those things
of which our conscience is afraid,
and giving us those things
for which our prayer dares not ask;
through Jesus Christ
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The Anglican Church of Or opts for New Living Translation
The NZ Anglican Church promotes CofE readings rather than its own, and the New Living Translation without the diocesan bishops’ approval.
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The Bible at the 9/11 Ground Zero
Jesus said, ‘You have heard that it was said, “An eye for an eye and a tooth for a tooth.” But I say to you, Do not resist an evildoer. But if anyone strikes you on the right cheek, turn the other also.’
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