I’m very taken by this photograph of the crucifix being removed from the earthquake-damaged Roman Catholic cathedral of the Blessed Sacrament in Christchurch after the inner dome was taken out. One person described it as a modern Resurrection, or God the Father in an Earthquake Commission uniform. I see echoes of the drawing of the
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This image of Christ the All Black is on display in Wellington’s Anglican cathedral. It is in the traditional Christian iconic style. The artist, Don Little, said he had painted the piece after wondering if rugby was the new religion in a country that had largely turned away from religious belief. “The word ‘icon’ is
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Last weekend (16-18 September 2011) was the 2011 creative commons global summit. I am far away from anything like having expertise in creative commons, but I am really taken by Mary St George’s comments suggesting that liturgical texts be made available using creative commons rather than copyright (see here and here). I support and advocate
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This post is dedicated to the latest upgrade of facebook which IMO has made it even worse! Launching the “upgrade” was facebook’s knee-jerk reaction to the announcement by Google+ allowing anyone to sign up for it. Facebook was to have rolled out its new design at its F8 Facebook Developers conference. But it just couldn’t
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I recently spotted the above church. No cross. And notice its logo: an apple with a bite out of it. Certainly a clash of symbols that makes me think… What do you think?
I find it irritating when being at a Eucharist and suddenly there is an ostentatious ritual being made of cleaning hands with hand sanitizer. I had considered writing a post about it. When teenagers spoke to me about how unnecessarily distracting it was at services they had been to, I knew that I should carry
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The Collect I am attempting my own version of the collects, and rework this week’s one as: O God, you declare your almighty power above all by showing mercy and compassion; grant us the fullness of your grace, that we, who are running to obtain your promises, may be partakers of your heavenly treasure; through
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This Blog post was updated 20 September This last weekend the synod of the Diocese of Dunedin met and passed the following motion unanimously: That this Synod: Noting the lack of traditional Trinitarian collects in the Lectionary, strongly urges the Common Life Liturgical Commission and the General Synod/te Hinota Whanui to ensure (a). the retention
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