Week
of 16 March 2008
Lenten Resources
A roster of resources for the forty days — and into Eastertide. Know of other good sites we should list? Let
us know.
Book
Reviews
Leo Bowder reviews Young, British and Muslim, by Philip Lewis.
Ann Morisy reviews Community and Ministry: An Introduction to Community Work in a Christian Context, by Paul Ballard and Lesley Husselbee.
Church
History
The Rector of Stiffkey: His Life and Trial. 'The rector of Stiffkey's trial in 1932 created a sensation that still reverberates 70 years later. This champion of the poor and outcast found himself accused of immorality as he reached retirement and spent his remaining years working to repeal the antiquated laws under which he had been tried. This is his story.'
England
Parishes
South Creake, Our Lady St Mary (Norwich)
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Church of India, Pakistan and Ceylon - Anglican Catholic Church: 'The Indian Anglicans appealed for a spiritual affiliation in the Anglican Catholic Church Original Province. As a result, in 1983, Bishop John Asha Prakash was consecrated in California in United States. And subsequently in the year 1984 Bishop Samuel Peter Prakash son of John Asha Prakash along with Bishop Gideon from Calcutta and Bishop Rao from Amritsar. [...] With these four dioceses the Province of India was restored and established as the Second Province of the Anglican Catholic Church.'
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Worth
Noting
Being on the Side of the Crucified: Savitri Hensman writes for Ekklesia. 'How highly do we prioritise the preservation of the current order and protection of existing patterns of wealth and privilege, which may benefit us individually and institutionally? In providing pastoral care to the privileged and powerful, are we able to remain detached from their outlook and encourage them to seek a higher good? Do we tend to adopt society’s values, dismissing as unimportant the hardship and injustice endured by the poor and marginalised, or are we bearers of good news even in bleak situations?'
Holy Week material from Full Homely Divinity: We recommend the attractive, practical, thoughtful, thorough pages on the Seven Last Words of Christ and the Stations of the Cross.
Our Secular Cousins: Giles Fraser writes in the Church Times (London) on the Commonwealth of Nations. 'Many have made the comparison between the Anglican Communion and the Commonwealth. I have written dismissively of the Communion as the “Commonwealth at prayer”. Perhaps it was a cheap shot, presuming that the Commonwealth is nothing more than a post-colonial aberration. The reality speaks against me. The Commonwealth seems in considerably better moral and political health than its Christian cousin. It interesting to ask why.'
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