Lectio Divina
A video in which Fr. Matthew Moretz introduces Lectio Divina. Click to find my take on Lectio Divina an ancient way of using scripture, the Bible, in prayer.
A video in which Fr. Matthew Moretz introduces Lectio Divina. Click to find my take on Lectio Divina an ancient way of using scripture, the Bible, in prayer.
In the early church there was a saying: In Christ, God became what we are so that we might become what Christ is. God became fully human so that we might become divine. You may have seen the news last week that the American fashion label Ralph Lauren fired the model Filippa Hamilton because she
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One of my followers on twitter, Keith Williams, recently sent me a tweet that a new Bible, the Mosaic Bible, was coming out. Keith is the editor of this Bible. As soon as it became available I ordered my copy of the Mosaic Bible (it has not yet arrived – hence, clearly, this post is
Sixty-six teenage lads at Christ’s College, on their own initiative, sought sponsorship and had their head shaved and raised more than $14,000 for the Cancer Society. These are notes preparing for an address to the school about this. There’s been remarks about how losing your hair means you look more similar to each other –
The Book of Mark has 678 verses. The Book of “Mark” in the NIV (New International Version) has 666 verses! The NIV’s book of “Mark” contains the “mark” of the Beast 666! This proves who is behind these modern, phoney, satanic perversions of the Bible. ps. LOL pps. This is exactly the way I preach.
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In the last post on the lectionary I gave background to the RCL (Revised Common Lectionary) and highlighted that a community discipline of following the lectionary frees us from the vagaries and some of the eccentricities of allowing pastors total discretion to pick their own favourite Bible passages. I think there is always a danger
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I consider the Revised Common Lectionary (RCL) as a gift from the Holy Spirit to the church. Although at the grass-roots level relationships between people of different denominations are healthy, at the power levels of institutional Christianity ecumenism has pretty much, in spite of innumerable meetings and reports, come to …. nought. Yet, Sunday by
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From Monday 13th – Wednesday 15th July the Christianity in the Digital Space Symposium is being held at St. John’s, Durham, UK. Speakers include Bishop Tom Wright (Bishop of Durham), Andrew Graystone (Director of the Churches’ Media Council, UK), and Rev Mark Brown (CEO NZ Bible Society). You can follow it (and presumably contribute) at
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