Clergy Status Anxiety
I have written previously, if you really want to annoy Anglican clergy … get their titles wrong! Titles are what distinguishes the men from the boys – or whatever the inclusive version of that is. Into this clergy status anxiety steps Pope Francis. He has basically removed the title of Monsignor (those who hold the
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Mobile web
Occasionally I glance at statistics of this site, and recently I spotted a change in the default way that google presents statistics. It now first gives what sort of devices are being used. I was fascinated that about half of people viewing this site are doing so using a mobile, tablet, or iPad. So I
20 parish priorities for priests
I am tidying my personal library, and I opened Michael Hocking’s 1974 book, Handbook of Parish Work. Starting for clergy, but not stopping there, he presents his “‘Top Twenty’ list I drew up to help deacons to sort out which things are of most importance and which things of lesser importance.” He has Taking Services
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Seven Habits of Highly Effective Churches 2
Habit 2 – Be Welcoming Imagine, for a moment, being a new person arriving at your church. How could you have found out about the church, about the service? How are you greeted when you come through the door? Be honest. If you have never been to church before, ever, what is your experience? If
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Church of England waters down Baptism?
The internet is awash with tub-thumping horror that the Church of England is diluting baptism by removing “sin” and “the devil” in alternatives. Usually immersed in far more important issues such as may gays love each other or can women lead, many are shedding tears at what they see as further infiltration by those nasty,
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Mass Explained
Imagine a beautifully-produced 350 page coffee-table-type book, with colour photos, and images down the margin. That is what you get in the Mass Explained app by Dan Gonzalez (website). If you are a generally-interested Christian, particularly a Roman Catholic regular participant at Mass, you will be delighted with this app. I keep wanting to say