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When The Song of Angels Is Stilled – Howard Thurman When the song of the angels is stilled, When the star in the sky is gone, When the kings and the princes are home, When the shepherds are back with their flocks, The work of Christmas begins: To find the lost, To heal the broken, Read More …
This morning I was in Dunfermline leading worship on Epiphany Sunday, the day when we think about the wise men who journeyed to meet the Christ child. It was communion and I used a mixture of bits and pieces nicked from all kinds of places but it felt like a really coherent service. It even Read More …
It’s not even advent yet and I spent last night thinking about Epiphany! We had a planning meeting for Together last night and it takes place on 6th January, which is Epiphany. And to be honest I didn’t know what Epiphany was either! It is the visit of the wise men, the magi, the 3 Read More …
I had Ethics class today at Uni. A quick spin through feminist and postmodern ethics. It was hard work but fascinating. One of the many thoughts that struck me was that these ethical theories explain clearly the differences in Traditional Church and Emerging Church. I’ll try to explain. For me the main differences in the Read More …
ASBO Jesus strikes again!
Danah Boyd has written a thought provoking piece about social scripts and the place of ritual following her experience at her friend and mentor’s recent memorial service. It’s a great exploration of how ritual is so important to us and it resonated deeply. We followed a home liturgy over Easter this year and it was really Read More …
Mike Yaconelli wrote in his book ‘Dangerous Wonder’: The most critical issue facing Christians is not abortion, pornography, the disintegration of the family, moral absolutes, MTV, drugs, racism, sexuality or school prayer. The critcal issue today is dullness. We have lost our astonishment. The Good News is no longer good news, it is ok news. Christianity Read More …