I was delighted by the interest and discussions (on this site, on twitter, on facebook, on other sites) around my suggesting that the deacon proclaim, from time to time, “It is a metaphor!” I appreciated a lot the point that deacons essentially already do this. They declaim, “Wisdom! Attend!” – not: “Knowledge! Attend!” or: “Fact!
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This Liturgy website announces the Week of Prayer for Christian Diversity. It runs from Sunday 27 January 2013 up to and including Sunday 3 February. An Octave of prayer. This week acknowledges and is honest about our diversity. In the Northern Hemisphere, Christians have just concluded a Week of Prayer for Christian Unity. In the
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Many people like, from time to time, to add a badge to their website or blog. The HTML for adding the above badge to your blog or website is: Ordinary (“counting”) Time is a very common way of referring to where we are currently. We stop just before Lent, and (essentially) carry on counting where
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What does “I am the Alpha and the Omega” mean to you? In your daily life? Alpha (α or Α) and Omega (ω or Ω) are the first and the last letters of the Greek alphabet. In the Book of Revelation 1:8 it says: Ἐγώ εἰμι τὸ ἄλφα καὶ τὸ ὦ, λέγει κύριος ὁ θεός,
UPDATE: You can download the March 2025 (much expanded)version of the Book of Prayers in Common by clicking the link: Book of Prayers in Common. ***** I am absolutely delighted to launch the first edition of my Book of Prayers in Common. If you are a regular at this Liturgy website you will have seen this
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I said recently that film might be one of the last places where real enchantment is still experienced. And mainstream cinema, to reinforce my point, has been giving us a good measure, pressed down, shaken together, running over, into our lap. The Hobbit, Life of Pi, and now Les Misérables. The movie is the first
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A lot of it is our own fault as Christians: “Do you believe in Jesus?” has the same configuration as, “Do you believe in Santa Clause?” and “Do you believe in the Tooth Fairy?” For about three weeks now, there has been an almost-daily debate raging in our local newspaper whether Jesus was actually an
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I have been trying to encourage Christian individuals and communities to mission and ministry on and through the technological revolution we are in. “Church website” and “rate the church website” are a couple of recent posts of mine, for example. I am not the only one. Kelvin Holdsworth, Provost of St Mary’s Cathedral, Glasgow, is
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