Okay, trying to think of death and resurrection scenes for the next 'Church of the Latter Day Geeks' service and these are what I've got so far. Any other suggestions?

TV
Buffy the Vampire Slayer: 5.22 ‘The Gift’; 6.22 ‘Grave’

Stargate SG-1: (Daniel) 5.21 ‘Meridian’; 7.01 ‘Fallen’

Supernatural: Dean 3.16 ‘No rest for the wicked’; 4.01 ‘Lazarus Rising’;
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A few months ago I had my fifteen minutes of fame. It was a lot of fun and I didn't make too much of an idiot of myself on television.

Those fifteen minutes are now well and truly over ... except that apparently a church in the eastern suburbs of our city approached the statewide board that determines where ministers are placed and said that they ( Read more... )

This is the sermon I preached yesterday

This service is full of superheroes, and I want to talk about two of mine. The first is a man who died the year I was born, which I find a bit sad, because I would have loved to have had the chance to meet him. His name was John Ronald Reuel Tolkien, and he was the author of The Hobbit and The Lord of the ( Read more... )

So - I'm helping my church to organise a Trivia Night to raise money for local ministry and rebuilding in Haiti, and they're kindly letting me write the questions for two rounds: Literature and Christmas (because the Trivia Night is being held on 'half-Christmas' - June 25). What do you think? Have I got the degree of difficulty right?

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Doesn't seem fair that most of my flist has just seen a new episode of beloved Show - and I have Holy Week approaching rapidly.

But then, Easter involves Jesus being crucified so it seems churlish of me to complain. (And we do get a new-for-us episode on Monday.)

I've hit the insane, adrenalin-fueled portion of service preparation. As in, I just ( Read more... )

Okay, so we all know that we're in the end of days and the Apocalypse is upon us and SamandDean might not be able to stop it.

But that's all fictional, right?

The Catholic Church in Sydney has appointed a new exorcist.

But there is good news for fanfic writers: "In Rome, the Vatican is preparing its first official English translation of the rite of ( Read more... )

After church today a 75-year-old woman told me: "It's impossible to nod off during your services".

That's a good thing, right?

"That was a lovely funeral. Well, as funerals go."

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The Victorian Council of Churches has asked me to preach at the service to begin Anti-Poverty Week. When I got over my initial reaction (which was: Why me? Isn't this is a job for a bishop or a moderator?) I started to think.

And I thought: Torchwood!

That bit in Children of Earth where the aliens point out how many children die every day without ( Read more... )