I was reminded this weekend by a bishop of a quote. Anna Pavlova following a wonderful performance was asked the meaning of the dance. She replied, “If I could say it, do you think I should have danced it?” How often we attempt to do this to sacraments, symbols, and liturgy. Even leaders of worship
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Here’s a commentary for a collect/opening prayer for Easter 6. Here’s a commentary for the BCP (TEC USA) collect/opening prayer for Easter 6. Here’s a commentary for a collect/opening prayer for Ascension. Add your prayers, ideas, hymns, and other suggestions for this coming Sunday, week, and Ascension.
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This is Bobby McFerrin’s reworking in a feminine approach dedicated to his mother (on Medicine Music – 1990). It appears that this version is McFerrin multitracked. image of the shepherd woman in Palestine is from Win Labuda It and other such images are found on this version. Previous clip on this site of Bobby McFerrin
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I don’t normally write a post straight. I’ve often got more than one idea for a post and I add notes in moments snatched between other things I am doing. I first had the idea for this post a couple of weeks ago. Then there were 1,248,360 people on Facebook in New Zealand (population about
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Church is a social network An article in our local newspaper described the probable closing down of Bebo: The site has lost members to Facebook, MySpace and Twitter. Kaila Colbin, of Christchurch social media consultant Missing Link, compared Bebo to a party that people wanted to leave. “You go to a party, everyone’s having a
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Pope Benedict XVI is not the flavour of the month in some contexts. So if you are looking for an alternative for pope, might I suggest Pope Michael I: “Pope Michael” Trailer from Pope Michael Documentary on Vimeo. David Bawden was elected Pope Michael I in Kansas in 1990. According to him and his followers,
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I have been developing a theology and practice here of ordained priesthood/presbyterate where presiding-preaching-pastoring are three intimately intertwined, irreducible dimensions. This post might be regarded as a fourth (in a trilogy) reflecting on: being ordained directly to the order to which God calls you using the symbolism of another order acting out the ministry of
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Today is brought to you … by the numbers fifty and twenty-five A couple of posts ago I wrote about the number 8. 8 = 7+1, so it is about abundance, fresh start, resurrection. 50 has similarities, it is 7×7 +1 49 is a sabbath of sabbaths – 50 is the start of a new
