Are we still allowing worship to shape our belief and life, or have we shifted into a mode in which the dynamic goes essentially in the opposite direction: our beliefs (and lifestyles) shape our worship?
Are We Letting Worship Shape Us? Read More »
A digital copy of the Lectionary booklet and reflection on this.
New Zealand Lectionary 2024 Read More »
NZ Anglicanism has gone from praying the Psalms as being the lifeblood of our spirituality to the Psalter being the most neglected book in the Bible! NZ Anglicanism has become a coalition of chaos!
In a church that desperately needs renewal in common worship and spirituality, the perception of the irrelevant aridity of liturgy is reinforced by debating removing “the” from “The Season of Easter”.
There is no ‘The’ in Easter Read More »
New Zealand Anglicanism begins the process to remove and alter collects from our Anglican heritage.
Collect Deprivation in Draft Prayer Book Read More »
O God,
may your ceaseless mercy
cleanse and defend your church,
and, since it cannot stand firm without you,
guide and govern it always by your goodness;
through Jesus Christ
who is alive with you,
in the unity of the Holy Spirit,
one God, now and for ever.
Amen.
Resources 18th Ordinary – 6 August 2023 Read More »
Lord,
may we always love and revere your Holy Name,
for you never fail to help and guide those you establish firmly in your love;
through Jesus Christ, our Saviour
who is alive with you,
in the unity of the Holy Spirit,
one God, now and for ever.
Amen.
Resources 12th Ordinary – 25 June 2023 Read More »
Gracious and merciful God,
in a wonderful sacrament you have given us
a memorial of the passion of your Son
Jesus Christ;
grant that we who receive these sacred mysteries
may grow up into him in all things
until we come to your eternal joy;
through our Saviour Jesus Christ
who is alive with with you and the Holy Spirit,
one God now and for ever.
Amen
Corpus Christi 2023 Read More »
O God,
from whom all good things come,
grant that,
by your inspiration,
we may discern what is right,
and by your merciful guiding may do it;
through Jesus Christ
who is alive with you,
in the unity of the Holy Spirit,
one God, now and for ever.
Amen.
Resources for Sunday 11 June 2023 Read More »
A braided river does not have a clearly-defined channel. There are approximate banks to the river, and between these sides, the streams are always moving across the wide river’s bed. If the edges, the banks, become too ill defined, the danger is, of course, that the river simply becomes a swamp. This is a very good image for worship in New Zealand’s Anglicanism.
Worship Is Like A Braided River Read More »
