3 responses to “Our own little Anglican Communion”
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Not to mention Aotearoa/New Zealand Yearly Meeting of the Religious Society of Friends.
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When I went to seminary in Seattle, WA, USA in the mid 1980s I took a summer term class at Vancouver School of Theology in the Diocese of New Westminster, Canada. While there I met Dean Peter’s current bishop, +Michael, who was himself dean of Christ Church Cathedral at that time. I still have his small book that he gave me, Rites For A New Age: Understanding the Book of Alternative Services. Vancouver is such a beautiful city.
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That +Michael would be the Mike Ingham with whom I was at theological college in Edinburgh 40 years ago, then. A breath of fresh air in the place back then, if memory serves.
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Voting
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Hoodwinked
Yesterday was Trinity Sunday and so we sang St Patrick’s Breastplate in church. Unfortunately, I was hoodwinked by a modern hymn book which missed out the following verse – Against all Satan’s spells and wiles, Against false words of heresy, Against the knowledge that defiles, Against the heart’s idolatry, Against the wizard’s evil craft, Against…
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Dogs and Cats
I had to explain to a couple of the younger servers a fortnight ago why I am more welcoming to dogs at divine worship than cats. At the time I illustrated this with a story about a priest that I knew whose dog acted as a server at the mass – patiently sitting on one…
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Church Times Adverts
Two adverts in the Church Times have caught my eye. Both from the Diocese of Moray, Ross and Caithness.Firstly, this: THE HIGHLANDS OF SCOTLANDA rare opportunity for NSM/Retired PriestHouse for DutyRectory adjacent to church set in idyllic location, only10 minutes from Inverness.The views are some of the finest in Scotland.Secondly this: DIOCESE OF MORAY, ROSS…
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