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Spoken word liturgy with sung refrain by Doug Gay and Rachel Morley, Late Late Service, 1994 Image of the Invisible, Image of the Invisible God. x2 In the beginning was the word, this early word, the first word, mysterious voice, talking behind the back of the universe, back before its beginning the i am …
An Advent prayer for wreath lighting... (right click and download images obtained from World Vision Fears and Dreams website http://www.wvi.org/fearsanddreams/) Introduction: As we light the candles of the Advent Wreath we seek to join with the Global Campaign to End Violence Against Children and to shine light into the darkness of Displaced Children. Nearly 50 million …
Ideas for Advent Wreath Candle Lighting words with focus on The Global Campaign to End Violence Against Children by 2030 which seeks a world in which every child grows up free from violence. Every five minutes, somewhere in our world, a child dies as a result of violence. An estimated 120 million girls and 73 million boys have …
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Given the sort of physical risk the Bible implies Mary had to survive in order to have a baby, I’ve always thought that these images of revolutionary women might be more appropriate for the mother of Christ rather than the domesticated, insipidly pale faced, blue veiled, watery eyed portraits we’re used to. If you consider …
My now traditional 'People's Table Project' run of Advent/Christmas services extended to three 'Seeds' neighbourhoods this year for the first time ever! The service was based on the traditional Festival of 9 Lessons and Carols which has its origins in Cornwall. I downloaded the Proost video series Nine to which I added a few videos …
Toward a Seedy Advent Spirituality #3: Enough of Christmas or a Christmas of Enough!... On Gratitude and Giving (Part D) Perhaps when we consider Christmas giving, the politics of hospitality and the Spirituality of Enough we should consider the words of the Christ child himself who, when he was hitting his straps later in life …
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Toward a Seedy Advent Spirituality #3: Enough of Christmas or a Christmas of Enough!... On Gratitude and Giving (Part C) In considering Christmas I was talking to a friend who led Credo Gathering, a open prayer space that precedes the free lunchtime meal that homeless people often attend at Urban Seed. He framed the prayer …
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Toward a Seedy Advent Spirituality #3: Enough of Christmas or a Christmas of Enough!... On Gratitude and Giving (Part B) Supposedly Christmas is a time of giving gifts and giving thanks but once again the reality is never a given. Such is the gratitude of The Magi at Christmas to the gift of the Christ child …
Toward a Seedy Advent Spirituality #3: This got me going and so will appear as 4 different posts... a. A Spirituality of Hospitality b. Christmas Hospitality : On Giving and Receiving: Frankinsense, Foot Spas and Fridge Kids! c. The Spirituality of Enough and a ‘Chronic' Christmas Eve d. Gratitude for Enough: On Whether To Give …
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Beauty in the Ordinary #1: Christmas is like ...a renowned virtuoso busking in a train station subway, playing a million dollar Stradivari violin, whilst people pass by without a second glance... My Christmas sermon at Footscray Baptist Church today was based on one given by David Devine in 2007 and posted here at John Mark Ministries. It …
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The People's Table... 