Tripp Hudgins (@anglobaptist) pointed me to his book review of Shop Class as Soulcraft: An Inquiry into the Value of Work by Matthew Crawford. The book looks interesting. Part of Tripp’s review echoes much that I emphasise here from time to time. It is based on the word “liturgy” originating in the Greek λειτουργία which
Who would have predicted, a few years ago, that cooking shows would be found so gripping by many?! That cooking competitions would be regarded as “Reality” TV?! I was recently in the capital, Wellington. There’s a shortage of bookshops in post-quake Christchurch so I naturally walked in to one of the largest bookshops in the
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The Sign: The Shroud of Turin and the Secret of the Resurrection Yes, it’s that time of year again when the gullible hand over their money [me included] and their brains to the latest theory to attempt to undermine Christianity. I am a shroudie. I do not “believe” in the shroud. Just as I do
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How To Be An Agnostic by Mark Vernon. (272 pages). I really appreciate books written in a humble tone – exploring faith, and acknowledging the integrity of a variety of approaches; where the author gives his/her own perspective – and acknowledges that there are other ways of looking at things. And that s/he might be
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There’s a new Dutch book by Bert Dicou and Sigrid Coenradie about ordinary sanctity now, “Heilig. Gewoon nu”. It includes a list of ten tips towards sanctity – some possibilities for reflection this Lent: 1. Be open to the possibility of the extraordinary. 2. Dare to let go of certainties. 3. Do not be too
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Dietrich Bonhoeffer reflected about religionless Christianity: What is bothering me incessantly is the question of what Christianity really is, or indeed who Christ really is, for us today. The time when people could be told everything by means of words, whether theological or pious, is over, and so is the time of inward and conscience—and
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THE AMBO, the podium or lectern from which we proclaim the scriptures, the Word of God, is a primary sign and symbol in the worship space. The congregation can sit facing each other (choir formation) with the altar between them at one end, and the ambo between them at the other (as it is at
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