A new year begins for us tomorrow and on Sunday Rhythms of Grace starts a new year of of gathering and sustaining its community in following Christ in their worlds. We haven’t usually met in January and doing so offers some new possibilities. “Chalking It Up” (also known as “chalking the door”) is one of…
DID YOU OBSERVE THAT?
This promotion from a Kiwi church at the start of Advent disturbed me. Jumping straight into Christmas without going through Advent sells their congregation short. It is like licking the icing off rather than biting into the cake – nice sugar rush for a while, but no substance or ongoing benefit. (Yeah I know the…
“You will know the Truthiness, and it will set you Free-ish”.
We’re in the midst of overlapping pandemics – the first an actual virus, the second a metaphorical but no less-real virus-like spread of anxiety, stress and uncertainty. It worries me that so few churches seem to be acting out of truth. In particular when it comes to worship events.
Advent: what are you waiting for? A resourcing seminar.
In the last 15 years there has been a rise in interest by non-traditional denominations in what is known as the Christian Year.
Triple Whammy!
Triple Whammy!
Nauseating… Being and Doing.
I write in order to clarify my thinking. I develop ideas and projects, invitations to stations for worship events, journal entries, liturgy, and until recently, most weeks a sermon/talk/reflection/homily. I mostly write to and for myself, even my sermons. A lot of what I write stays caged in zeroes and ones in my laptop. Most…
So much time… so little achieved.
I’m a bit annoyed with people who are loudly proclaiming all the projects they’ve achieved during lockdown. I’ve achieved very little. Partly this is because I have been sick for most of that time (non-Covid related, although I’m sure I could create yet another conspiracy theory that did connect the two). I’m also annoyed with…
How do I love thee? Let me count the days.
Day 33 of Lent Day 7 of Lockdown in New Zealand Day 1 of unemployment, and being a pastor without a community. Day 1 of April: April Fools Day 2020 isn’t a great year for April Fool’s jokes.Not practical ones anyway. Memes are in. For a joke to work it needs to connect with our…
The International Guild of Tea Liturgists adds new members.
It was with great pleasure that the guild recently added Pete Majendie (Christchurch, New Zealand) and Ted Lyddon Hatten (Indianola, Iowa) to its membership. Both initiations took place in New Zealand and involved the fabulous NZ grown Zealong tea. Pete’s initiation took place at Festival One when we took our Tea-in-a-Suitcases out among the punters,…
Launch of the International Guild of Tea Liturgists.
Guild of Tea Liturgists Today is an auspicious day in the history of tea-liturgists and tea drinkers around the world. Today we launch the International Guild of Tea Liturgists, complete with patron saint. There appears to be no patron saint of tea drinkers already appointed. The founders of the Guild of Tea Liturgists have chosen…