Archive for: November, 2011

Dean of Ely

Dean of Ely

Applications are invited for the Dean of Ely. The challenges facing the new Dean will include:
- Sustaining and nourishing the worship and spiritual life of the Cathedral
- Capturing and sharing a vision for the mission of the Cathedral which will

Dean of Liverpool

Dean of Liverpool

Applications are invited from an exceptionally creative priest for the Dean of Liverpool. The challenges facing the new Dean will include:
- Nourishing and extending the worship and spiritual life of the Cathedral
- Developing the Cathedral in its

Executive Leader

Executive Leader

The post is covered by an occupational requirement for the postholder to be a committed Christian and fully supportive of the ethos of CMS. The Trustees of CMS are seeking to appoint a new Executive Leader to lead the CMS community in mission in the

Arthur gets ready for his big Christmas challenge

Arthur gets ready for his big Christmas challenge

Arthur Christmas (dir. Sarah Smith, cert. U) is a delightful animated story (from Sony and the Wallace and Gromit stable Aardman) and has all sorts of nuances. Its release in November avoids a clash with the Shrek spin-off Puss in Boots, which comes out on December 9 to corner the children’s market for the school [...]

Roll on Christmas: Make your Facebook friends play the Nativity story!

Roll on Christmas: Make your Facebook friends play the Nativity story!

By Anna Matthey Have you ever taken part in a Nativity play and ended up with a role you didn’t really like? If so, this is your chance to get your role back by logging in on Facebook and playing Roll on Christmas, a joint production by Bible Society and Christian online magazine and community [...]

Church backing for proportional representation referendum in New Zealand

Church backing for proportional representation referendum in New Zealand

Anglican Church leaders in New Zealand have given their backing to the proportional voting system for electing members of Parliament and have urged voters to register their support in this week’s national referendum. In 1993 New Zealand adopted a mixed member proportional (MMP) voting system modeled upon the German Bundestag’s system for electing Members of [...]

CD Choice: Konitz, Mehldau, Haden & Motian – Live at Birdland (ECM)

CD Choice: Konitz, Mehldau, Haden & Motian – Live at Birdland (ECM)

We rarely review octogenarians, but these jazz notables pour their combined experience into this live recording and deserve their mention. Not that they are short of accolades. Alto saxophonist Lee Konitz, bassist Charlie Haden and drummer Paul Motian have worked extensively with the likes of Miles Davis, Keith Jarrett, Ornette Coleman and Bill Evans. At [...]

U.S. Ordinariate announced

U.S. Ordinariate announced

The Vatican has set 1 January 2012 as the start date for the Anglican Ordinariate in the United States.  The announcement was made by Cardinal Donald Wuerl of Washington on 15 November 2011 during the U.S. Conference of Catholic Bishops’ (USCCB) fall plenary meeting in Baltimore. The creation of the American ordinariate follows the formation [...]

Rowan Williams is a liar, Dr. Kunonga charges

Rowan Williams is a liar, Dr. Kunonga charges

The Archbishop of Canterbury is responsible for the pain felt by the Anglican Church in Zimbabwe, Dr. Nolbert Kunonga has declared. In a statement released in response to the Archbishop of Canterbury’s tour of Zimbabwe last month, the former Bishop of Harare denied charges he was leading a campaign of violence and intimidation against loyal [...]

Kashmir priest arrested for baptising Muslims

Kashmir priest arrested for baptising Muslims

A priest has been arrested in the Indian state of Kashmir and charged with promoting religious enmity and outraging religious feelings after he baptised 15 Muslim young men who had converted to Christianity. The Rev. Chander Mani Khanna, rector of All Saints Church in Srinigar in the Church of North India’s Diocese of Amritsar was [...]

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