Given the sort of risk and physical crap the bible says Mary had to survive in order to have a baby I’ve always thought that Lara Croft (from the video game Tomb Raider) might be a more appropriate image of the mother of Christ rather than domesticated, insipidly pale faced, blue veiled, watery eyed portraits [...]
Advent 4 – Colouring within the Lines
December 17, 2008 By Leave a Comment
2 Samuel 7: 1-17 Have you ever sat in a kindergarten class? Watched kids attempt to gain control over the paint and pencils and stencils? Heard the teacher’s prompting and the kids consternation about colouring in the lines? I like colouring in the lines – I like the neat tidy ordered controlled aspects – the [...]
Advent 3 – Year B
December 10, 2008 By Leave a Comment
Posted by Darren: 1 Thes 5:16-24 Psalm 851-2, 8-13 John 1:1-8 1:6-8, 19-28 Isaiah 61:1-4, 8-11 Song ideas for the week: Together To Celebrate I’ve got to stop reading and thinking the same things as Larli, she’s written a great reflection on this week’s reading from Isaiah… Anna suggests that the intended audience of the [...]
Year B – Advent 3
December 10, 2008 By 1 Comment
1 Thes 5:16-24 Psalm 851-2, 8-13 John 1:1-8 1:6-8, 19-28 Isaiah 61:1-4, 8-11 Song ideas for the week: Together To Celebrate So here we are – back in Jerusalem. We were inspired back here by a prophet whose poetry could carry us on the desert journey back up the Euphrates through the heat…but even more [...]
Year B / Advent 1
December 7, 2008 By Leave a Comment
Alternative DigitalOrthodoxy Reflections on Year B / Advent 1: a) Pathways Readings for the week: Year B / Advent 1 Isaiah 64:1-9 (NRSV) 1 Corinthians 1:3-9 (NRSV) Psalm 80:1-7, 17-19 (NRSV) Mark 13:24-37 (NRSV) Song ideas for the week: Year B / Advent 1 Together To Celebrate: Year B / Advent 1 Lectionary Song: Year [...]
Christmas and Advent Resources – Proost Releases “Nine”
December 4, 2008 By Leave a Comment
Proost recently sent out an email promoting their latest Advent and Christmas release “Nine.” Proost is an excellent resource/project that collects resources, liturgies, images, music, visuals, video, books and anything else one may be able to download or use in worship, alternative worship, at home, reflection or retreat. People can purchase resources from Proost individually, [...]
Advent and Christmas Resources – Worship Tricks 48,49,50 and 51
December 4, 2008 By Leave a Comment
Jonny’s just linked to his Worship Trick’s 48 through to 51. Jonny’s series of Worship Tricks has been going for a while now, (this is series 3 of them) each series includes a collection of liturgies, videos, images, websites, ideas, music and other resources that people from all over the world have put online. Worship [...]
Advent Calender Idea
December 3, 2008 By Leave a Comment
Here’s a GREAT Advent Calender idea (link sourced from Maggie). The Advent Beach Hut Calendar. All along the Hove seafront from the border with Brighton up to the Hove Lagoon there are some 440 beach huts and it occurred to us a year ago that opening their doors was rather like opening the doors on [...]
Advent and Christmas Resources – Hopeful Imagination Blog
December 3, 2008 By Leave a Comment
The Hopeful Imagination Blog is up and running again, and with people like Andy Goodliff, Ashley Beck, Lucy Wright, Craig Gardiner, Neil BrightonJason Goroncy, Catriona Gorton, Julian Templeton, Maggi Dawn and Marcus Bull, blogging their way through Advent and offering their reflections on the season of waiting it looks like it’ll be a great space [...]
Maggie Dawn’s Advent and Christmas Reflections
December 2, 2008 By Leave a Comment
Maggie Dawn’s reflections on theology, mission, life are always insightful, at this time of year in particular her thoughts on Advent and Christmas are thoughtful, resourceful, inspiring and enlightening. Her book “Beginnings and Endings (and What Happens in Between)” is well worth exploring (I’d loan people my copy but I already loaned it out and [...]
