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Category Archives: Lent
“For God so loved the world . . .”
A Sermon Preached on The Fourth Sunday of Lent(following the Julian Calendar used to calculate Easter in Greece)April 11, 2021, at 11:00 amfor an Online Service with The Anglican Church of St. Thomas the Apostle, Kefalas, Crete. The readings were: … Continue reading
The Foolishness of the Commandments
A Sermon Preached on The Third Sunday of Lent (following the Julian Calendar used to calculate Easter in Greece)April 4, 2021, at 11:00 amfor an Online Service with The Anglican Church of St. Thomas the Apostle, Kefalas, Crete. The readings … Continue reading
An Unsettling Lent
A Sermon Preached on The First Sunday of LentMarch 21, 2021 at 11:00 amfor an Online Service with The Anglican Church of St. Thomas the Apostle, Kefalas, Crete. The readings used were: Genesis 9:8-17, Psalm 25:1-9, 1 Peter 3:18-22, and … Continue reading
Resources for Mothering Sunday 2021
These are worship resources for Mothering Sunday 2021, held on the Fourth Sunday of Lent. The resources are gathered from a variety of sources and, while assembled mainly for The Anglican Church of St Thomas the Apostle, Kefalas, on the … Continue reading
Resources for the Second Sunday of Lent
These are worship resources for The Second Sunday of Lent, 2021. The resources are gathered from a variety of sources and, while assembled mainly for The Anglican Church of St Thomas the Apostle, Kefalas, on the island of Crete in … Continue reading
Resources for Worship on the First Sunday of Lent
These are worship resources for The First Sunday of Lent, 2021. The resources are gathered from a variety of sources and, while assembled mainly for The Anglican Church of St Thomas the Apostle, Kefalas, on the island of Crete in … Continue reading
Descendit ad Inferos: Reflecting with Balthasar on Holy Saturday and Jesus’s Descent to the Dead
This is from a first version of my PhD dissertation, which was submitted for examination last year. The examiners requested a major revision, and specifically said I could do without the chapter on the Swiss Catholic theologian Hans Urs von … Continue reading
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Tagged Balthasar, Hans Urs von Balthasar, He Descended Into Hell, Holy Saturday, The Burial of Jesus Christ
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Dying With Us: A Sermon For Good Friday 2020
Struggling With The Theology of Atonement I have been struggling with the cross of Jesus for over thirty years. I have accepted the Resurrection. The radical idea that God did not abandon Jesus, but raised him from the dead, … Continue reading
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Tagged Black Liberation Theology, Good Friday, James Cone, Theologies of Atonement
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Resources for Good Friday
These are resources meant mainly for The Anglican Church of St Thomas the Apostle, Kefalas, on the island of Crete in Greece, but others may find them helpful! Read/Listen In the western Christian tradition (Catholic, Anglican, Lutheran, and others) the … Continue reading
Resources for Maundy Thursday 2020
These are resources meant mainly for The Anglican Church of St Thomas the Apostle, Kefalas, on the island of Crete in Greece, but others may find them helpful! As Common Worship puts it: Maundy Thursday (from mandatum, ‘commandment’, because of … Continue reading
The Island Parson 