25
2006
Merry Christmas!!!
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24
2006
The Time Is Right…
Christmas Eve and all is fantastic. Press play guys, press play…
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24
2006
Hours Away…
Christmas Eve in the morning, it’s not even 7:30am and I’m off to a neighbouring parish to do an 8am Holy Communion (BCP).
Question - Who first had the idea of 8am Communion services? Were they taken out and shot? If not why not? Did they not have wives and warm beds?
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23
2006
Brilliant - Myrrh At Christmas
Christopher Howse in today’s Telegraph:
It is true that myrrh mixed with wine was offered to Jesus on the cross, and that Nicodemus provided myrrh and aloes to anoint his grave-clothes.
But the deathly associations of myrrh are turned upside-down when Mary Magdalene and the other Mary arrive at the tomb with their own spices after the [...]
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23
2006
Schori Will Go To Tanzania - But Will She Stay?
David Virtue is reporting that a leaked letter from ++Canterbury to Phillip Aspinall, the Primate of Australia, shows that Katherine Jefferts Schori will be invited to Tanzania to join the Primates in February. Of course, some of the his readers are absolutely apoplectic at the thought, but a careful reading of the letter shows that [...]
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22
2006
Evening Of The 22nd
Let’s let Brian lead us in worship.
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22
2006
Brian Littrell
Remember him? The short one (second from the right) of these guys:
He has a website where we wants to sing to you all (and Him upstairs) about how fantastic Jesus is. I reckon that’s worth a plug.
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22
2006
Wrapping Presents - The Horror!!!
Who’d have though there were such things as Mint Scented Neon Liquid Gel Pens?? Note to self - when finding gift tags and bows, go out and buy them instead of going through your wife’s boxes of craft stuff.
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22
2006
Deposing Bishops
Been tossing back and forth with a friend what, if any, historical precedents apply in the consideration of how a Bishop could be deposed and where the authority lies to do it. Two occasions come immediately to mind and so I’ll share them here.
The first is St John Chrysostom who, as Patriarch of Constantinople (think [...]
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20
2006
Truth
I love this quote on the site of TitusOneTen who has recently added me to his blogroll. Thanks Brother Causticus.
It is our intention to speak the truth in love;
failing that, to speak the truth;
and, when neither of these are possible, to speak.
Unless things are perfectly unspeakable.
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20
2006
The Real Santa Claus
The Binks tells us how it is…
So what would Santa say? A pious legend about St. Nicholas of Myra at the Council of Nicaea (AD 325) relates how the heretic Arius was invited to explain himself:
..Arius was called upon to explain his heretical views, and thus he started preaching his execrable heresies before the Council [...]
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19
2006
E-petition To Stop The Sexual Orientation Regulations In Northern Ireland
Hurrah for the internet!!! If you are a UK Citizen then you can sign an online petition to ask for a delay in implementing the SOR in Ulster at the end of the year. Please sign it - some things in the SORs are good (i.e. on the provision of goods and services) but there [...]
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19
2006
Because It’s Been A Long Day…
…which I’ve spent mostly sorting out my car, sorting out two funerals and various other bits and bobs, I feel a pause as dusk falls and a bit of worship is in order, just to get things into perspective. Click play below and sit back.
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19
2006
No Rest…
It’s only Tuesday this week and already I have two funerals booked for the week after New Years Day. I feel so sorry for people who lose loved ones at this time of year. Christmas most be so hard for them and your words and care can only offer so much.
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19
2006
Who Needs Technology? Me, For Starters.
My car won’t start for the second morning in succession, so it’s going into the Garage to find out why. Thank goodness they can sort me out a courtesy car and thank goodness it’s under warranty. Do pray though, because both my boss have got “stress” in different areas of our lives at the moment, [...]
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Reuben has arrived! Until I have time to do his page, 
