How do we say prayers that others have written and make them our own? There’s been a thread through a lot of comments recently around the tradition of reading prepared prayer. And wondering if there is a problem with this. In a way this is paralleled in good drama, good cinema, quality acting. And we
My post discussing the value of not using the Nicene Creed at ordinary Sunday Eucharist received good discussion and was continued in part 2 with a promise of a further post on that idea. Fr Donald Schell sent me a document by Fr Rick Fabian arguing not to use the Nicene Creed regularly in the
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If you are publishing a book, make sure that you get interviewed by Lauren Green on Faux News Fox News. The interview (above) has gone viral and is benefiting the sale of Reza Aslan’s book Zealot: The Life and Times of Jesus of Nazareth! I have been discussing this with young people and one sent
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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