First there was Flat Stanley. Now there is Flat Jesus. [Theologians: was Flat Jesus actually before Flat Stanley?] St James Episcopal Church in Birmingham, Michigan has started a Flat Jesus project. This includes a facebook page: Do you sometimes wish that Jesus was right there beside you as you navigated through your day? He is,
Because of the destruction of so many church buildings through the Canterbury quakes, my series on church architecture has a particular poignancy. My posts have often been on some general principle or an individual aspect. On Thursday, 1 August, I attended a lecture by Dr Denis McNamara, an architectural historian and theologian at the Liturgical
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Last year, we together, internationally and ecumenically, read and prayed our way through the letter to the Hebrews Chapters 1-10. Over the next four weeks, together we read and pray our way through Chapters 11-13. What resources do you find useful? What ideas do you have for working our way through this text? What ideas
As I travel I stop and visit church buildings. Recently, on my holiday, I stopped at four Anglican church buildings in different townships. The names have been changed to protect the guilty. First stop. St. well-actually-I-cannot-tell: This had a big notice board facing the street. No service times. Next to the word “contact”, a small
Dr Denis McNamara, of the Liturgical Institute, Chicago, is an architectural historian and theologian. Dr. Denis McNamara is assistant director and faculty member at the Liturgical Institute of the University of Saint Mary of the Lake, a graduate programme in Liturgical Studies. He is in Christchurch at the invitation of the Catholic Bishop of Christchurch,
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This is what happens when you attempt to take video of police in Sweden: If you appreciate that last video, you may enjoy and source of this latter material
who was conceived by the Holy Spirit, born of the Virgin Mary This is the next post in my series on the Creed. For the previous discussion click on “Conceived by the Holy Spirit“. We have looked at the Holy Spirit side of this line; today we look at the Mary side. Humans seem to
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I am not attempting any sort of summary, reporting, or full analysis of World Youth Day in Rio. There are plenty of other places where you can find this. I don’t think numbers are by any means everything, but they are not nothing. So I do want to start by underlining that about a million
