Posted in orthoparadoxy on 1 August 2008 - 1 אב 5768
ALKING INTO Ingles last Sunday with Fr Brent, we were discussing the way that some people (the present author included) worry that loosening the grip on one part of traditional Christianity - eg sex - can lead to a loosening of the grip on other parts. I was adamant about that for a while [...]
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Posted in consumer on 18 July 2008 - 16 תמוז 5768
UST IN Time for my Birthday shopping season, Amazon has upgraded its wishlist service: now you can add any item from any shopping page anywhere on the net!
If you click through to My Amazon Wishlist, you’ll now find a utilikilt, two T-shirts from Death to the World and an Antiochian Liturgical Book!
So does the “catholic” [...]
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Posted in church geekery, liturgy, personal on 18 July 2008 - 16 תמוז 5768
F All the liturgical memories I have from SGN, the most joyful and awe-full one is giving communion. I was never worried about getting it wrong. Everything else - speaking, reading, preaching - left me worried that I’d mess something up. Giving communion came to me naturally: Placing the bread [...]
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