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
All may; some should; none must – looking again at confirmation All may; some should; none must. It’s a well-known Anglican aphorism for the sacramental action of private confession (Reconciliation of a Penitent). I think, in our changing environment, it is also a helpful adage for confirmation. I am firmly committed to the way our
I promised recently that I would explain one way for helping people at worship with the responses, and prayers prayed aloud together. This is the way I used when I was parish priest of a multi-centre parish. New Zealand Prayer Books were readily available. I produced very simple, clearly-laid-out service outlines on 4xA5. An A4
On the second day of Passover an omer of barley was cut down and brought to the Temple as an offering. Every night, from the second night of Passover to the night before Shavu’ot (Pentecost), there is a blessing Baruch atah A-donai E-loheinu Melekh Ha-olam asher kid’shanu b’mitzvotav v’tzivanu al S’firat Ha-omer. (“Blessed are You,
Do you think that the liturgical rules for New Zealand’s Anglican Church are transparent, simple, and clear? Christchurch diocese does not. The synod of the Christchurch diocese, unanimously and with acclaim, passed a motion which included asking: “the Standing Committee of the General Synod/ te Hinota Whanui to urgently set in place a review of
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A very helpful chart for those who keep referring to the biblical standard of marriage. Click on the chart to enlarge. Click on it again to enlarge again. I try to credit the source of things when possible – I have searched for the origin of this chart without success. I have seen it in
Our newspaper recently had an article about a scandal affecting the world’s largest Christian television network, Trinity Broadcasting Network (TBN). The Trinity Broadcasting Network (TBN) was created 39 years ago by Paul and Janice Crouch, a husband and wife who espouse a “prosperity gospel” – the message being that followers must give to the Lord
Margaret Orleans responded to a recent post here by pointing to a cookie recipe “in the style of the revised missal translation” that, apparently, has been spreading around some blogs. With the slightest of revisions, here it is: Cookie Recipe (Revised Translation) Serves: You and many. Having procured one chalice butter, 2/3 chalice sugar, cream
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