The popular video clip of Fran and Marlo Cowan (married 62 years) playing an impromptu recital together: Why on a liturgy site? Liturgy is sometimes criticised for being repetitive. This shows that something that has clearly been done many times previously can be done in such a way that it enhances and humanises. In fact
1984 25 years on This is the second post in a series looking at how we can use fixed liturgical worship to form thriving, vibrant, growing communities. The series began from the contention of a well-informed New Zealand Anglican priest and his assertion that he cannot think of a single congregation that follows our official
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A reflection for the 15th Sunday in Ordinary Time July 12 from the opening prayer for Roman Catholics A reflection for the 15th Sunday in Ordinary Time July 12 from the collect/opening prayer (NZPB) A reflection for the 15th Sunday in Ordinary Time July 12 from the collect/opening prayer (NZPB – alternative in the printed
A year ago I wrote a blog post about the launching of the Codex Sinaiticus website. I am now delighted to be able to announce that, along with the International conference currently being held at the British Library, all the manuscripts we have, held at four different locations, are now available to us online. This
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This is a video clip of Joshua Bell playing Bach incognito in a Washington DC Metro Station. Here is one of the best musicians in the world playing one of the most intricate pieces ever written, with a violin worth $US 3.5 million dollars. Approximately 2,000 people passed him. Very, very few took any notice.
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This morning my Twitter account @liturgy (http://twitter.com/liturgy) “has been suspended due to strange activity.” Well I always knew that many (most?) people regard liturgy as a “strange activity”!!! Apparently suspension can last up to thirty days. I have nearly 14,000 followers who regularly comment how they find my tweeting of prayers, quotes, reflections, etc. enriching
The BCP Boys with their number one single, now for the first time in this delightful rap video. Biretta tip to @philritchie Compline online Lyrics Straight outta compline! Thinkin about goin to bed Gotta say my prayers til the day I’m dead I lead the boys instead down to the chapel and said: “You gotta
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The Episcopal Church’s House of Bishop’s Theology Committee has just produced a first report on the question of whether the unbaptised might be welcomed to receive communion. In the past, it was those with a low view of the Eucharist who might have argued that anyone can receive communion. For them it was merely bread
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