We all know about the debilitating disorders which mean that a person is unable to read, understand, and interpret the non-verbal cues provided in conversations. You, dear reader, are suffering from this disability right now! I call this Digital Discombobulation Disorder (DDD). [If you write a PhD or publish a book on this disorder, please
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The Apostles’ Creed has 12 article – essentially 12 lines in it. There’s a lovely story: the 12 apostles are sitting around after Jesus has gone back to heaven after Jesus’ death and resurrection, and they are about to go and share and spread the good news. But of course there’s no gospels, no new
The Guidebook: The NRSV Student Bible If you are looking for a study-type Bible for teenagers this may be the one to buy. There is no perfect translation of the Bible into English. But, all things considered, the NRSV is the best. This edition of the Bible assumes intelligent contemporary scholarship. It also assumes that
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I was urged recently by several people to watch a videoed debate between two ministers who both would use the word “Evangelical” of themselves (and others would use it of them). The topic of their heated disagreement is unimportant for this particular post. Suffice to say that the word “orthodox” was bandied about a lot
On May 21, 2005, David Foster Wallace gave the a commencement speech at Kenyon College. He was an award-winning American novelist, short story writer, essayist, and professor at Pomona College in Claremont, California. This month the above video was produced with the core of that speech, and it has now gone viral on the internet.
I’ve asked people what the advertisement (left) means.[Firstly: everyone who sees this in a newspaper or magazine realises it’s an advertisement]. They all realise that Adrienne Winkelmann is a brand of clothing; that this brand is available in Shop 26, The Chancery Auckland; that this brand will be available in store now for winter 2013;
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Pope Francis puts on a medallion with an icon of the Virgin Mary and child given to him by Coptic Orthodox Church of Egypt’s Pope Tawadros II when they exchanged gifts during their private audience in the pontiff’s library, at the Vatican, Friday, May 10, 2013. (AP Photo/Andreas Solaro, pool) It is never just a
I want to share an email I received with you. But first some reflections around the 2013 NZ Lectionary publication. Let’s not get too hassled that it incorrectly put Daylight Saving on Easter Day. There was no real problem with having people turn up an hour early at church and having their own personal Easter
