Posted in liturgy on 26 March, 2008 | 4 Comments »
At the Easter Vigil, I found myself talking up the tradition, explaining:
this is one of the oldest patterns of worship in the church
people have been baptised on this night for most of 2000 years
the first story we hear is most of 4000 years old. Some of what it says about God isn’t quite what we’d [...]
Posted in liturgy, worship on 21 March, 2008 | No Comments »
I have just printed the vigil booklets.
…and then realised that I forgot to change the readings to Year A.
Enough trees have died this week. I confess and apologize now to anyone alert enough to notice.
Posted in liturgy on 21 March, 2008 | 8 Comments »
So, the vandals have come.
I’m sorry the church has been damaged.
I’m sorry the congregation were distressed.
I’m sorry the children are so bored and isolated that destruction seems fun.
But their timing was superb.
Posted in Holy Week, liturgy on 20 March, 2008 | 10 Comments »
I failed to communicate again.
‘We leave in silence’ is not a sufficient rubric for Maundy Thursday. It simply led to everyone stopping outside the church door to chat after the morning service.
Next year — ‘we disperse without speaking’ perhaps?
Or — ‘You are a frightened disciple. Flee.’
Posted in church, liturgy on 23 December, 2007 | 11 Comments »
Since I’m sure you all have so much time to spare right now, I have a real question for you to play with in comments. And it is this:
How important is the crib/ crèche to you in worship and why?
And a subset of questions for those who can be bothered: does it matter to [...]
Posted in liturgy on 19 December, 2007 | 1 Comment »
There are clearly too many liturgies floating round my head right now. I found myself in a long queue at HMV, automatically half stepping to match the person in front when he set off on his left foot and I set off on my right.
