7 pm 20 May Dr Jane Simpson: The Farewelling of a Home: writing and publishing a new liturgy. https://youtu.be/gyHbsQVCObc Last year, as I was writing an academic article, a new liturgy was born. Unlikely as this sounds, reviewers have said that ‘The Farewelling of a Home’ is grounded in scholarship, the rigour of a poet and the restraint and beauty found in our Anglican liturgies over time. Published as a book this year, the liturgy was written to meet an expressed need, for people leaving their homes for last time. For it to be used by those who need it most I became a publisher. I dream that every parish in our Anglican Communion and beyond will have a set of five copies to … [Read more...]
Heard of Tui Motu?
Poetry by year 12 students, great insights from Uni student, Shanti Mathias, 'Waking up to the Big Picture' with Mike Riddell, other writers weaving real issues with intelligent Biblical exegesis, plus beautiful contemporary art- the December issue of Tui Motu is a great read and excellent stimulating resource . You can see more on their website www.tuimotu.org Tui Motu-InterIslands is a thought-provoking, reflective and informative magazine. ‘ We invite readers to question, challenge and contribute to its discussion of spiritual, social and ecological issues in the light of gospel values, and in the interests of a more just and peaceful society. Inter-church and inter-faith … [Read more...]
It doesn’t take a War: a Life forever changed by the Hyde Railway Crash
‘It Doesn’t take a War’- is the story of Elizabeth Coleman’s life, which was changed forever by the Hyde Railway Crash. Elizabeth’s father and eldest brother were killed, and another brother was injured in the passenger train crash on 4 June 1944. The terrible railway accident devastated young Elizabeth and her family, as well as deeply affecting the whole area. Twenty one people were killed and many other injured, adding to the grief and anxiety experienced by the whole country during the war years. With her father and brother gone, Elizabeth and her family lost their means of livelihood and had to move off the farm. Her mother was terribly shocked and was emotionally unavailable to … [Read more...]
Kindness is a Mode of Blessing
‘Perhaps we bless each other all the time, without even realizing it. When we show compassion or kindness to one another, we are setting blessing in train. There is a way in which an act of kindness done becomes an independent luminous thing, a kind of jewel box of light that might conceal itself for days or years until one day, when you are in desperate straits, you notice something at the floor at your feet. You reach for it and discover exactly the courage and vision for which you desperately hunger’. John O’Donoghue has written a whole book of blessings, called Benedictus. Published in 2007, this collection is remarkably suited to the spirit of our time, as we progress through … [Read more...]
