At the invitation of Fr. Mark, the Incumbent of the the Canterbury City Centre Parishes and Jamie, their Student Worker, Liam, Vickie, Dave and myself drove up on Saturday morning to run a workshop on Creative Liturgy, a Blesséd Mass for Candlemas and for me to preach on the Sunday Morning. The text of the…
Preached at St Mildred’s, CanterburyText: Luke 2:22-40In the name of the +Father, and of the Son, and of the Holy Spirit. AmenMy dear friends in Christ, it gives me great pleasure to be with you this morning, and indeed to be with you this entire weekend. I would like to thank you all for your…
What actions are most excellent? To gladden the heart of a human being, to feed the hungry, to help the afflicted, to lighen the sorrow of the sorrowful, and to remove the wrongs of the injured. The Qu'ran: SM 249 Blessed are the poor in spirit: for theirs is the Kingdom of heaven. Blessed are…
Blesséd is on tour this weekend, and as a part of the workshop you can learn how to create a Movie for worship on either your PC or Mac using these simple and free tools. If you want to take part in this part of the training, feel free to bring along your laptop (Mac…
Our Church does not promote this same inclusiveness to reflect society, or to be led by it, but to reflect the love of God, and which happens to coincide with what people are finally thinking as well. I have been dismayed by the vote last night in the House of Lords to place special exemption…
Socialist, Smoshialist - you healthcare costs too much, and it turns out it is rubbish as well. You really ought to do something to control costs and actually be able to treat everyone.
From Mental Floss: With today’s paranoia of terrorists, child molesters and more, kids are missing more and more opportunities to go out, have fun and well…be kids. To fight this, a new parenting mentality has started to arise, arguing that kids should go outside to play rough, even if it means getting a few scrapes…
HT to Natalie Loveless for this brilliant bit of Adrian Plass: Father God I wonder, why they bother with a preacher, when they've got a worship leader, who's as wonderful as me. Now they won't be needing all the Holy Spirit leading, they have asked for twenty minutes but my kind of talent knows no…
https://www.vimeo.com/8709313 Not only does this video demonstrate excellent espresso technique, but it also demonstrates some majorly clever style and editing features. The titles are sumptuous, looking like it is shot through a glass pane, so the title becomes a part of the shop setup The Black & White looks cool except for the actual espresso…
https://www.vimeo.com/8826344 Suggested by CJM's Mike Stanley, this combines music by Matt Maher and Matt Redman (now, there's a collaboration!) with images from the 2000 TV Version of "Jesus Christ Superstar" Lyrics: Oh, how could it be That my God would welcome me into this mystery Say take this bread, take this wine Now the simple…
