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Have you ever read the Bible cover-to-cover? It's true that tackling the entire Bible takes determination and time. Some parts of the Bible feel like

Evensong and the Church of England's Second Service Lectionary - reflections and resources.

Gracious and merciful God, in a wonderful sacrament you have given us a memorial of the passion of your Son Jesus Christ; grant that we who receive these sacred mysteries may grow up into him in all things until we come to your eternal joy; through our Saviour Jesus Christ who is alive with with you and the Holy Spirit, one God now and for ever. Amen

In Acts 17, Paul says the "unknown god" created everything. One of the best ways to know God is to immerse yourself in God’s Creation.

A braided river does not have a clearly-defined channel. There are approximate banks to the river, and between these sides, the streams are always moving across the wide river's bed. If the edges, the banks, become too ill defined, the danger is, of course, that the river simply becomes a swamp. This is a very good image for worship in New Zealand's Anglicanism.

O God, you inspire the hearts of the faithful with a single longing, grant your people to love what you command and to desire what you promise, so that in all the changes and chances of this uncertain world, our hearts may surely there be fixed where true joys are to be found; through Jesus Christ who is alive with you, in the unity of the Holy Spirit, one God, now and for ever. Amen.

An Anglican Identity Course of eight videos was launched in Queensland, Australia, in February. I encourage you to use it, and even adapt it to your own particular context.

“Each of the typical approaches has problems. The best solution would be to change the lectionary.”

A Palm Sunday sermon countering the violence of Christian Nationalism calls for trust in God and prophetic courage.

Ezekiel’s sermon to the dry bones echoes across the millennia to our own time and our need for racial restoration and reparations.