Almighty God, to whom all hearts are open, all desires known, and from whom no secrets are hidden; Cleanse the thoughts of our hearts by the inspiration of your Holy Spirit, that we may perfectly love you, and worthily magnify your holy name; through Christ our Lord. Amen
And he said, 'Jesus remember me when you come into your kingdom.' And he said to him, 'Truly, I say to you, today you will be with me in Paradise'.
Luke 23 v 42-43
"Jesus says: Peace I leave with you. My peace I give to you. Not as the world gives give I unto you."
"Surely I am with you always to the very end of the age."
Matthew 28 verse 20
"I believe in Christianity as I believe the sun has risen. Not only because I see it, but because by it I see everything else."
C.S. Lewis
Headline News in the Anglican Church Worldwide
"Father of all we give you thanks and praise that while we were still far off you met us in your Son and brought us home.."
An extract from the prayers used after we have recieved Holy Communion together.
"...what does the Lord require of you but to
do justice, and to love kindness, and to walk humbly with your God" Micah 6:8
Download a copy of John's Gospel using this link
Living God, your Son made himself known in the breaking of bread: Open the eyes of our faith, that we may see him in all his redeeming work; who is alive and reigns with you and the Holy Spirit, one God, now and forever. Amen.
Just For Fun
They might take a little while to download but if you like cartoons and you ever wondered what Christian flavoured ones are like then hang about and have a look. Then follow the link to the website from which they are borrowed!
Worth a visit. All at sea below.
What they say about themselves...
Ship of Fools, "the magazine of
Christian unrest", is an independent, non-commercial site run by a group of
writers in their spare time. The ship sails under the flag of orthodox
Christianity, but on a buccaneering voyage.
Originally a printed magazine, Ship of Fools was published in Britain between
1977 and 83. It attacked various herds of sacred cows, including born-again
celebs, the cult of C.S. Lewis, and the Papal souvenir trade, and attracted a
following of people who were ahead of their time: the pre-post-evangelicals.
The magazine sank, Titanic-like, beneath the waves on April Fool's Day 1983. It
was raised as a web magazine 15 years later to the day, in 1998.
For an interview with our editor, explaining the background and history of Ship
of Fools, please
click here.
The voyage
Ship of Fools exists to promote Christian unrest through humour, journalism,
entertainment, discussion and community.
What do we mean by Christian unrest? – the people behind this site
come from a wide range of Christian traditions. We broadly describe ourselves as
"mere Christians", following the orthodox Christian faith described by C.S.
Lewis.
What do we mean by Christian unrest? – we're trying to make sense
of the faith which we love but which we also question. Christian unrest means
looking at our faith critically. That critical look is both positive and
negative – the positive affirming what is true and good in Christian belief and
experience; the negative attacking false religion which masquerades as the
gospel.
In place of a "proper" mission statement, please
read this...
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And then there are these two. Calvin & Hobbes. Personal favourites of mine. Click the link for some excellent cartoons.
And there's more classic cartoons.....
