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Matt and Russell consider: 6. Faithful interpretation of scripture invites and presupposes participation in the community brought into being by God’s redemptive action — the church. Scriptural interpretation is properly an ecclesial activity whose goal is to participate in the reality of which the text speaks by bending the knee to worship the God revealed Read More …
I spent most of yesterday in meetings talking about meetings. Not the sit round a table kind, but rather the hundreds of people getting together kind. Our Synod is having a Synod Day at Perth Racecourse in June where we hope that lots of people, young and old, will join together for a day of Read More …
What makes a church? Is it a building? No. Is it people? Kind of. The sol cafe in Edmonton, Canada, have a manifesto that is worth a look. They start with this: This is an attempt to capture a bit of what the sol café is all about. It will not capture everything. It won’t even Read More …
Matt and Russell continue their discussion of what the Bible is and what we should do with it…
The United Church of Christ has a ’16 reasons why you love your church’ spot on its front page. I liked ‘I love my church because the Sunday School teacher gives a prize to the kid who asks the best question’ and ‘I love my church because it’s sort of like the Wizard of Oz, Read More …
Matt & Russell’s continuing explorations of scripture… Have a look and join in.
Over Holy Week we have been to church lots but we have also been following a home liturgy we found in a book called Eggs & Ashes, a lent and Easter resource book. The liturgies are very simple. Beginning on Palm Sunday with 6 lit candles and extinguishing one each day, we read a passage from the Passion Read More …