The face of Christ (ctd)
Some wonderful more wonderful videos on the face of Christ
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Palm Sunday; Passion Sunday – Catholics and Anglicans share prayer
Episcopalians/Anglicans, Roman Catholics, and others read the same readings today (Palm Sunday) . They also pray slightly varying translations of a prayer that has been in constant use on this day since at least the Gelasian Sacramentary (628-715CE): Omnipotens sempiterne deus qui humano generi ad imitandum humilitatis exemplum salvatorem nostrum carnem sumere et crucem subire
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The face of Christ
Used by permission © Joe Castillo, www.JoeCastillo.com In delightful correspondence with Joe Castillo following my post on Jesus optical illusions Joe sent me the above copy of the ‘new’ drawing which now includes a number of additional stories from the life of Christ including the resurrection. Here is Joe doing a sandstory version of the
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Earth Hour – dominion theology
Tomorrow is Earth Hour. The four marks of the church’s mission were formulated and presented as part of the report of a meeting of the Anglican Consultative Council which took place in Nigeria in 1984. Two meetings later, in Wales in 1990, they wrote in a report called Mission, Culture and Human Development “There has
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Jesus optical illusions
1) Probably the most common Jesus optical illusion found on the web is the following: Stare at the four black dots in the centre of the image for 30-60 seconds. Close your eyes and look at something bright. Most see a white circle with an image inside of it. The following two are taken from
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Further delays in English Missal
Instructional resources to help people move into the new English translation of the Roman Missal were to have been available in February. The hope is still to launch the new translation on the first Sunday in Advent this year, but the instruction resources may not be out until next month, and the launch may be
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Resources for Holy Week
Reflections based on collect/opening prayer: Palm Sunday March 28 collect/opening prayer reflection Holy Week collect/opening prayer reflection Maundy Thursday (Holy Thursday) collect/opening prayer reflection Easter collect/opening prayer reflection A few simple suggestion during Lent What is Lent – especially translating it to the Southern Hemisphere Easter Season reflection Palm Sunday/Passion Sunday service outline Maundy Thursday
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church stops promoting marriage
Every March and September our local newspaper, the Press, publishes a liftout Wedding Directory (called “I do“) along with the daily newspaper. Twenty A3 pages very attractively present hints, lists, articles, venues, jewellery, dresses, cakes, flowers, etc. In every previous liftout there has been a church presence, an article, and/or parish or diocesan advertisements. As
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