Greenflame
Jottings on science, religion, technology, pop culture, photography and faith from the Aotearoa New Zealand
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I had the opportunity recently to peruse the samplings of two comic book vendors I don’t normally get a chance to visit, and to rummage through their stock looking for more material for Bible and popular culture resources, and also for the angels in popular culture research project. Down in Wellington, I had a look…
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For the past three days I’ve been attending the annual Theology and Communication conference THEOCOM17 at Santa Clara University in California. The conference describes itself as “A gathering of Theologians on Digital Communication” and this year’s theme is “Digital Shepherding: Pastoral Theology and Ministry in a Digital Age”. The schedule of presentations is below, which…
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Probably the most important thing I’ve read so far this year. The Book Hoarder’s Guide to Moving Across the Country Probably needs how to add to move DVDs and comics too. (Comics are hard to pack and are heavy in bulk). How to pack comics for shipping
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Last post of 2016, a year with about 700 days of life experience compressed into 365 days. Mistakes were made; lessons were learned. Some projects unborn or uncompleted, other projects unforeseen in 2015 brought to fruition. Various companions on the way departed; new ones joined the peregrination; and others faithfully encouraged as we walked through the year. 2017 will…
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Our Christmas Eve evening service focused particularly upon the opening of John’s Gospel with the Word coming into the world – “The true light, which enlightens everyone, was coming into the world.” (Jn 1:9). With glowsticks instead of candles (the wax on the carpet from previous years being avoided), the dimmed church highlighted that the smallest…