The Anglican-Roman Catholic International Commission has completed the second meeting of its new phase (ARCIC III) in Kowloon, Hong Kong (3-10 May 2012). The Commission, chaired by the Most Revd David Moxon (Anglican Archbishop of the New Zealand Dioceses) and the Most Revd Bernard Longley (Roman Catholic Archbishop of Birmingham) comprises nineteen theologians from a
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This is a fairly simple, effective welcoming video. You could easily embed it on your own church’s website. Even better: why not make your own welcoming video – easily done, upload it to YouTube, embed it on your community’s website. And let us know about it.
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Regulars here will know that the NZ Lectionary publication is an easy target for a blog post about liturgical confusion. It has been three weeks since my last post about this – I have successfully been resisting the temptation to point out issues in the NZ Lectionary. But regulars will also know that when it
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Since 2005 there has been confusion whether married Roman Catholic deacons may have sex with their wives. It is a little surprising to me that for a church that usually dots its i’s and crosses its t’s the reintroduction of the married diaconate was not done with a little more care and thought about the
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13 It was you who formed my inward parts; you knit me together in my mother’s womb. 14 I praise you, for I am fearfully and wonderfully made. Wonderful are your works; that I know very well. 15 My frame was not hidden from you, when I was being made in secret, intricately woven in
If I were asked, “what scripture was being read most today around the world?”, I would guess the Daily Mass readings of the Roman Catholic Church. These are shared by Anglicans and others as well. People are reading them prayerfully not just at the Eucharist. If they do not attend a daily Eucharist, many would
If you went to synagogue last Sabbath, 12th of Iyyar, 5772, or follow the wonderful system of reading the whole Bible in three years, last Saturday you would have read Parashat Kedoshim (“holy ones”), Leviticus 19:1-20:27. The video, above, is a wonderfully positive take on that text.
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I want to open up some reflection; a conversation. I promised in a recent comment to explore inviting to tasks, ministries, and church growth. A specific example: the comment was from someone whose community invites people to proclaim the scriptures at church. A lot of these people wouldn’t normally come to church – so this
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