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Expressing the Sacred: Video Games & Theology
by Dan Grayson In the many years that I have played video games, I have found them to be loaded with meaning. Meaning intended by the game’s designer, but also meaning made by a player through their experience of play. In video games we find a complete synthesis of creativity: the artistry of the designer…
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Expressing the Sacred: Poetry and Prayer
by Tadiwanashe Mugwenhi Spiritual Awakening In a world of nerves and doubt, I stand,A timid soul with a trembling hand.Across the room God’s presence gleams,A radiant star in my wildest dreams. His grace like diamonds, sparkle bright,A captivating celestial light.His love, a beacon warm and kind,A treasure I long seek to find. But fear a…
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Expressing the Sacred: Design & Theology
by Emily-Grace Sainsbury Celtic spirituality calls places where people might feel a particularly close connection to God ‘thin places.’ It is almost as if, there, whatever boundary separates the secular world from the sacred becomes translucent. Art has the potential to inspire a connection with God through the material in much the same way; the…
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Expressing the Sacred: Music in Xhosa Culture
by Lubabalo Qosi, Ordinand (False Bay) As a young Xhosa man aspiring to become a priest, the Xhosa-influenced liturgy has been a profound influence on my faith journey and Anglican identity. Rooted in the rich cultural and spiritual traditions of the Xhosa people, this liturgy has woven a tapestry of spirituality that resonates deeply with…
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Editorial: Expressing the Sacred
Amongst the many cultures that make up the Anglican Communion, there is generally agreement that art matters for Christians. But what art is meant to do in the life of the Church… that is more uncertain. In this cycle of publications, contributors from different cultures and perspectives within the Anglican Communion share their “arts”, their…
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Women’s Voices: Gender-based Violence
By Rev’d Keba Cuffy [Content warning: this piece contains mentions of physical and sexual abuse, rape, FGM, and other forms of gender-based violence.] I am Rev’d Keba Cuffy, a newly ordained priest in the Diocese of the Windward Islands. From the moment we are born and grow up, we are told how a girl and…
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Women’s Voices: The First Female Bishop in East Asia
We are not mere instruments but a Sacramental Communion by Andrew Soshi Kawashima Anglican Consultative Council (ACC)-18 closed with the confirmation that we will continue “walking together”. It is a reaffirmation that, no matter how drastic yet practical attempts we have made, in the end only the basic principle “walking together” can be shared at…
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Women’s Voices: Women in the Bible
School carol services provided (alongside Christingle services) my first encounters with the Word of God. Different students from each year group would be selected to do the Bible readings and in the Senior School, it was tradition for John 1 to be read every year by the Headmistress. So it was that my abiding memory…
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Women’s Voices: On Motherhood, Pregnancy and Priesthood
by Sorrel Shamel-Wood My Journey On Saturday, my son celebrated his first birthday. On Monday, my maternity leave ended and I returned to my role as assistant curate in the Dorchester Team Ministry, Diocese of Oxford. A lot has changed in the year of my absence: for a start, there is a new Supreme Governor…
