Archive for the ‘Being Church’
Forgive Us As We Forgive Them ..
In the light of the church burnings over the last 12 hours, I am reminded of the simple prayer we say every Sunday before the Benediction:
Forgive us our tresspasses ..
As we forgive those who tresspass against us
If you are in the Klang Valley, you are invited to join us tonight for a time of quiet [...]
Introducing The Season Of Lent
Some friends of mine who follow this blog have been a bit curious about what this whole fuss about Lent is all about. Some of them are actually Christians but they generally are from the non-liturgical traditions that I used to come from and are understandably in the dark about some of the more ritualised [...]
Christmas In Ethiopia
On January 7, Christians in Ethiopia celebrated Christmas based on their calendar. The video below shows a group of women singing hymns (known as Mezmur/Psalms) in Lalibela, a town in Northern Ethiopia (also known as the New Jerusalem) that is a major destination of pilgrimage among Ethiopian Orthodox Christians:
January 7 of our present Gregorian calendar [...]
The “Four Letter” Phrase Known As “The Emerging Church”
Bear with me on this a bit as I drag out an old theme for some thought.
I have been a subscriber of Our Daily Bread (ODB) since I was in secondary school and have always found the brief thoughts and passages helpful, at least in breadth if not in depth. The lack of depth is, [...]
