This, below, is a liturgy which took its reference point liturgically from the Act of Remembrance of 11 November. It aims to give expression to recognising and lamenting the extinction of species on 30 November each year –Lost Species Day. It’s written as a spiritually non-specific act so God is implied but not explicitly mentioned. I […]
Corporised Powers -towards a fuller theology
I’ve been reflecting a lot over the years on the basis of Walter Wink’s insights about ‘the Powers’. I continue to think that these are fundamentally correct and helpful but there are areas where I think we can extend and deepen the work. I’ve begun to do so in papers elsewhere at conferences and in […]
An environmentally-attentive liturgy for learning together
This is imagined to be used with online learning events and potentially at IRL events where concern for the climate emergency is in mind. It is envisaged that the first section of the order of prayer is used at the beginning and then the majority of the session takes place and in the last five […]
Litany of climate grieving
This litany is intended for use in services or on occasions relating to grieving or lamenting climate change and environmental degradation. Feel free to use some or all of it with credits (see the end of this post) and to adapt it. I’d appreciate it if you do adapt it, if you’d email to me […]
A musing about candles, liturgy and culture
I’ve recently been musing about candles. A couple of reasons, I think. One is the increasing use of LED candles (mainly because of concerns about setting things alight and also they work outdoors in a breeze) and the other reason for me is noting that they are being used with particular cultural significances attached or […]
Consecrating Bishops: the IERE rite
¶ The consecration of a Bishop takes place during the Service of Holy Communion, following the order below. The Bishop Dean, or some other commissioner of the Council of Bishops will preside and officiate. Consecration of Bishops The Office of Holy Communion will begin, and for the Prophetic reading the following is read PROPHECY. – […]
IERE rite for presbyteral ordination
See the previous post relating to the ordaining of deacons in the Spanish Reformed Episcopal Church (IERE) many of the phrases are the same -it’s possible I have not always translated them identically. —————————————————————– ¶ The ordination of priests takes place during the Service of Holy Communion, using the following order. The Bishop occupies his […]
IERE ordination of deacons translated
Translation notes. This text has a formal and archaic flavour and also clearly talks about the candidates as male. I have stuck with that in this case. —————————————————– The ordination of Deacons takes place during the Service of Holy Communion, following the formula that is set out below. The Bishop occupies his chair near the […]
Ordering of clergy in the Anglican Church of Chile
This is a translation from the original Spanish. In it I have tried to keep a register in English that sits with the Church of England’s liturgical texts. Sometimes this has influenced the choice of words or phrases so that the resulting text is not a word-for-word translation. In relation to third person pronouns, I […]
A questionnaire on social prayer
What happened and and How During March and April 2015, I Tweeted to likely accounts (like @C_of_E, @247Prayer and other church related organisations national and local) and then invited, by personal message, known Christian contacts related to my Facebook account. These were invitations to go to a survey hosted on Qualtrics.com where 14 questions were […]