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Selling my books to make space (for more books)
For the past few years I have kept in my shed a guilty secret. Other men go into their sheds to play with railway trains, or to build model aircraft or even whole boats, my fantasy world revolves around the making of good coffee. eBay provided me with this wonderful vintage full size toy, which…
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The excellent Brian Kirk reports on some research which looks at the disconnection of young people from Church. This is clearly US-focused work, and so operates in a different culture from the UK, which is much more advanced in its disconnection from Church (hey, we’ve been losing young people for decades and yet still we persevere!)…
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“If the picture on the left shocks you more than the one on the right, you need to revise your views on immorality” Source: Annski via MadPriest There are some things which are genuinely obscene: the apparently homophobic murder of a young scottish man this week, the continued injustice of unfair trade which leads to worldwide famine…
“How can free will co-exist with divine preordination?”
As you may know, each year I knock up an Ordo for my own personal use and make it available to others if they find it useful. With the preparations for moving in the new year, things have been a little behind schedule but I have now completed it. The version for next year can…
In the name of the +Father, and of the Son, and of the Holy Spirit. Amen You know you are in trouble when your enemies begin to flatter you: Kind words and Very Unkind Intentions. “Now, tell us, Jesus,” they continued, “is it lawful to pay taxes to Caesar, or not?” By “lawful,” of course…
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This is very exciting – a study day at which I am the keynote speaker, and where I will be setting out my vision for creative sacramentally focused mission. I am simply fizzing with ideas for it, and hope you will consider it worthwhile to come on into the City (right by Waterloo Station) to…
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As I subscribe to a number of blogs associated with Youth and Children’s Ministry, this time of year is filled with these usually evangelicals getting all hot under the collar about Halloween. Brian Kirk’s usually excellent Rethinking Youth Ministry speaks of an organization based in Calgary is inviting churches to participate this month in “Jesus-ween,” an evangelistic…
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I hope this video, a slightly extended documentary type segment on the National Youth Pilgrimage might be of some use to you if you are considering bringing a group or if as a young person, you are considering going, [vimeo 29637321 Please feel free to distribute it freely to anyone who might like to see it….
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Another short review by Fr Jonathan Clark, Chair of Affirming Catholicism It’s always a relief for a parish priest to find that someone else has done all the hard work and sorted out those tricky problems – like finding a fresh idea for a Christingle service. Simon Rundell’s book does all of that, but it should…
Read More “Another review of my book on Sacramental Worship with Children” »
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