tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-170814845771372625.post7825153356645859708..comments2024-02-08T10:33:22.915+13:00Comments on Available Light: TitokiKelvin Wrighthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16682322819567886400noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-170814845771372625.post-80802204095708561602008-10-16T22:09:00.000+13:002008-10-16T22:09:00.000+13:00Healing services are rare in the Anglican church. ...Healing services are rare in the Anglican church. My own parish has not held one in the ten years I have been here. Healing is promoted by groups like the Order of St. Luke and is regarded as worthy but odd in mainstream Anglican circles. I guess it's part of the separation of spirit and flesh that seems to be instinctive to many mainstream Christians.Kelvin Wrighthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16682322819567886400noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-170814845771372625.post-1818715385114603442008-10-16T21:43:00.000+13:002008-10-16T21:43:00.000+13:00Are regular healing services a part of the fabric ...Are regular healing services a part of the fabric of local Anglican services ? - if not, would this be possible - if so, in what way could they be developed and enhanced?<BR/><BR/>In 2006 I visited Lourdes in France and attended a candlelit procession of the sick. The scale of the whole thing is impressive - but I had mixed feelings about the whole set up. It seems to operate on two levels. On one level the whole place is big time tourism (millions of people visit every year, the boost to the local economy is very significant) unfortunately some by products of this tourism attracts aspects that are incredibly tacky. (It is no wonder Jesus threw the money lenders out of the temple).<BR/><BR/>On another level it was apparent that for many this was a serious pilgrimage of very deep meaning and significance.<BR/><BR/>But for all that I couldn't help but think that somehow it would have been better if these people couldn't have been 'held' supported, reassured, loved, in their own individual contexts in some way that meant that an expensive and exhausting visit wasn't required. <BR/><BR/>But? maybe the pilgrimage itself is necessary?Alden Smithhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06601028197387499096noreply@blogger.com