It is always interesting to see how we-teach-all-and-only-what-the-Bible-teaches Christians deal with certain biblical texts. A common reaction is not to read all the Bible. Another is not to mention the awkward bits. The synagogue, however, reads through the Torah systematically, and this Sabbath reads Parashat Naso, Numbers 4:21-7:89, which includes the awkward piece quoted below.
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: Please do let me know if this is, or is not working – one little letter wrong in the coding and all falls apart. Ordinary (“counting”)
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The great liturgical tradition is to pray to God, the First Person of the Trinity, through Christ, in the Spirit. We see this in the history of the Eucharistic Prayers, in the great collect tradition, in the prayers for ordination, over the water at baptism, and so on. This tradition goes right back into the
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This year we celebrate 350 years of the Book of Common Prayer 1662. I am no strong advocate of its use. I think that some of its changes from previous books of common prayer were unwise. Nonetheless, many of its principles and rationales are deeply sound. There is much we can learn from it, embodying
Surprisingly and sadly, nothing whatsoever is said in the Christchurch diocesan Architectural Design Guidelines (PDF) about the size and shape of the altar. Nor about whether it be movable or normally left in a central position. These Design Guidelines are to design new church buildings after the extensive damage through the Canterbury earthquakes. The Guidelines
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This video is a rockin trip through the Ten Commandments. The video honours the feast of Shavuot (Pentecost), the holiday when the Jewish people commemorate receiving the Torah (Law) at Mount Sinai. People very quickly talk about the “Ten Commandments” as if we all agree on what that refers to. There are two versions in
Pentecost Vigil Pentecost (Whitsunday) reflection on the collect for the Day of Pentecost The Day of Pentecost ends the Easter Season – it is the culmination of the Great Fifty Days of the Easter season. Monday May 28 in fact is Monday in the 8th Ordinary Week. The 7th Ordinary Week began February 19. Then
The gospel No strings attached No bait-and-switch There’s plenty of other YouTube free hugs videos. I particularly like this one with the Leonard Cohen Hallelujah lyrics: … Baby I have been here before I know this room, I’ve walked this floor I used to live alone before I knew you. I’ve seen your flag on
