The story of the Guru’s cat is worth repeating: When the guru sat down to worship each evening, the ashram cat would get in the way and distract the worshipers. So he ordered that the cat be tied during evening worship. After the guru died the cat continued to be tied during evening worship. And
It was inevitable, as I hinted, that my post on chaos about liturgy rules and agreements would result in questioning why have these agreements at all? Why have common prayer? And in one version of the question: can’t we have some flexibility in liturgy? Let’s deal with the flexibility question first. It’s a straw man.
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Let us pray (in silence) [that we may love God in all things and above all things] pause God, you have prepared for those who love you good things which no eye can see, and which surpass our understanding; pour into our hearts such longing for you, that we, loving you in all things and
Yes, you can find God at a concert. God is present there. Yes, God is with those who do not claim faith in God, do not entrust themselves to God. God can work through atheists. And agnostics.…. I was recently at a service of Choral Evensong. The acoustics were such that I could not pick
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The liturgical agreements in the Anglican Church in Aotearoa, New Zealand and Polynesia (ACANZP) are chaotic. It may be hard to imagine but decisions and assertions made at General Synod Te Hinota Whanui (GSTHW) have left our church in an even worse situation. It has now been acknowledged that our church has been acting illegally
Tripp Hudgins (@anglobaptist) pointed me to his book review of Shop Class as Soulcraft: An Inquiry into the Value of Work by Matthew Crawford. The book looks interesting. Part of Tripp’s review echoes much that I emphasise here from time to time. It is based on the word “liturgy” originating in the Greek λειτουργία which
Here is the welcome on the bulletin of Our Lady of Lourdes Catholic Community, Daytona Beach, Florida: We extend a special welcome to those who are single, married, divorced, gay, filthy rich, dirt poor, yo no habla Ingles. We extend a special welcome to those who are crying new-borns, skinny as a rail or could
