Many are preparing assiduously for the Rapture on 21 May 2011 and the end on October 21, 2011 But Harold Camping, who has done this calculation, was wrong last time (when he said the end was to be in 1994) and unfortunately, beloved Bible-believer, he is wrong this time. People have used similar calculating systems
This is a good moment to look back at Holy Week and review and reflect… As I stand by the Easter vigil new fire, and when I hear again the chanting of the Exsultet, I’m conscious, once again, that we, in Aotearoa New Zealand, first after the date line, set off the roll of this
Six-year-old Lulu Renton came home from school having written a letter, “To God how did you get invented? From Lulu o x”. Dad tells the story of the letter here. Respect to the parents who, though atheists, do not brush the letter aside, but, instead, post it to a number of theological centres. Including Lambeth.
scripture readings textweek resources This is the Third Sunday of Easter (not the second Sunday after Easter). Please add hymns, prayers, ideas, resources in the comments. • collect/opening prayer reflection for Easter 3 May 8 and week following (NZPB recommendation) • collect/opening prayer reflection for Easter 3 May 8 and week following (NZ lectionary recommendation)
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Speaking of weddings.. A couple of times a year, our daily local newspaper, the Press, publishes a lift-out Wedding Directory/Advertising Feature (called “I do“). There are very attractively presented hints, lists, articles, venues, jewellery, dresses, cakes, flowers, etc…. I wrote about the one at this time last year. That was the first one in which
A few reflections on the royal wedding, in no particular order – and hoping you might add yours… Noticeable to me was that essentially the liturgical grammar was: come in and pretty much one of the first things that happens – they are married. I’m used to a primary liturgical grammar of gather – listen
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I am very conscious that we are a community gathered here. A virtual community. A spiritual community. From time to time there are landmarks here. The web-counter (at the bottom of each page) has just clicked over the 1,500,000th visitor to this site! It took about four years to get to a million visitors. It
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Start of the wedding service in your timezone (I hope I’ve got this right). About 2 billion people(!!!), a third of the planet, will watch the royal wedding of Prince William and Kate Middleton. They will be watching a Christian liturgy. Now tell me that liturgy has lost its potency; tell me that liturgy doesn’t
