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Prayer
For Captives And For Their Salvation (Liberation) Let Us . . .
The last day of 2011. Hmmm . . . . Well, from a liturgical perspective this is not a big deal really – as the liturgical New Year was back in September. Today we commemorate Nelania the Younger, and tomorrow is the leave-taking of the feast of the Nativity. But never fear Theophany is just [...]
The Bible – How Do You Use It?
This morning’s news trawl dropped me into a number of posts and articles that touched on what one article referred to as “biblical literacy”. That is to say, it explored the amount which people understood modern UK society to be influenced by, or shaped by the biblical narrative. It’s a fascinating idea but one that [...]
Hateful “Prayer”?
Faithlab has this interesting snippet about a fundamentalist in California who is openly “praying” for the death of President Obama. They observe (I think correctly) that this is contrary to Jesus’ own example. What is “prayer”? If we accept that it is that dialogue we have with God throughout the day – then is it [...]
Lent Midweek III – I’m Too Busy! (Bullocks!)
Every week during the liturgy we sing the cherubikon: “Let us who mystically represent the cherubim . . . now lay aside all earthy care that we may welcome the king of all invisibly escorted by angelic hosts . . .” How often have we sat and reflected on what it is we are saying [...]
The Writing on the Wall
This is the door full of love, and within it is love. Enter, sinner, pray [much] for love from your Lord, full of love. For centuries pilgrims (Pagan and Christian) have left their mark on shrines and holy places – grafitti is just one method. Today we think of it as a marring, a desecration [...]
The Struggle to Practice
This post from Velveteen Rabbi is wonderful – go read it! In it she talks about the competing “voices” that we encounter as we go about practicing faith. In her example she relates this necessary tension to the “mundane” practice of morning prayer. One says but this and that need to be done, and of [...]
Extreme Pilgrim: Into the Desert
The third and final insatllment of Pete Owen-Jones’ series on spirituality is really rather good. Indeed it seems to me that while all three were interesting they got better as the series progressed. The show aired this past Friday – you can still view it by clicking here for the next few days at least. [...]
Extreme Pilgrim Series – Hmmm Interesting
The BBC is now airing a new series by the Anglican Vicar Pete Owen Jones – I’ve enjoyed his earlier series and looked forward to seeing this one. Extreme Pilgrim is a three part exploration of the disjunction between lived spirituality and the life we lead in modern Western society. What is more he makes [...]
Prayer: Words & One Liners
This morning I happened to be looking through a collection of prayers published by the WCC some years ago and came across a lovely Armenian prayer at morning: From the East to the West, rom the North and the South, all nations and peoples bless the creator of creatures with a new blessing. For he [...]