Transformed and Transforming: What God Effects through the Presence of Christians in the World

(Excerpt) On the model of mystagogy: remember your experience last night at the vigil, please, and recall these words from the eucharistic prayer: God and Father of our Lord Jesus Christ, open our eyes to see your hand at work in the world about us. Deliver us from the presumption of coming to this table for solace only and not for strength; for pardon only and not for renewal. Let the grace of this Holy Communion make us one body, one spirit in Christ that we may worthily serve the world in his name.\u27 And from Welcome to Christ: Dear Christian friends: Baptized into the priesthood of Christ, we are all called by the Holy Spirit to offer ourselves to the Lord of all creation in thanksgiving for all that God has done and continues to do fur us. It is our privilege to affirm those who are endeavoring to carry out their vocation as Christians in the world.

Driving while disqualified

Describes trends in charges for driving while disqualified (DWD), to examine characteristics of DWD offenders and the penalties imposed on them. Aim To describe trends in charges for driving while disqualified (DWD), to examine characteristics of DWD offenders and the penalties imposed on them, and to profile DWD offender subtypes: disqualified by the court (DWD-D), suspended or cancelled from driving under the Fines Act 1996 (DWD-F), and other licence sanctions (DWD-O). Method BOCSAR databases provided data on all finalised DWD charges in the NSW Local Court between 1 April 2004 and 31 March 2014, and all principal DWD appearances in the NSW Local Court between 1 April 2013 and 31 March 2014. Logistic regression was used to examine associations with DWD subtype. Results DWD charges trended upwards, as did DWD-F charges. There were 8,874 adults with a principal DWD offence (DWD-D 38.3%, DWD-F 22.9%, DWD-O 38.8%). Penalties were most severe for DWD-D and least severe for DWD-F. DWD-D was linked with more extensive criminal justice problems, including more prior court appearances, than other DWD; DWD-F and DWD-O were more similar in this regard. Conclusion The trends in and factors associated with DWD subtype are heterogeneous. The recent increase in the number of charges for DWD may have been driven by the increase in DWD-F charges. There were compelling differences between DWD-D and all other DWD offenders, consistent with the more serious nature of the offence of DWD-D. The differences between DWD-F and DWD-O offenders were less pronounced. &nbsp

Stable averages of central values of Rankin-Selberg L-functions: some new variants

As shown by Michel-Ramakrishan (2007) and later generalized by Feigon-Whitehouse (2008), there are "stable" formulas for the average central L-value of the Rankin-Selberg convolutions of some holomorphic forms of fixed even weight and large level against a fixed imaginary quadratic theta series. We obtain exact finite formulas for twisted first moments of Rankin-Selberg L-values in much greater generality and prove analogous "stable" formulas when one considers either arbitrary modular twists of large prime power level or real dihedral twists of odd type associated to a Hecke character of mixed signature.Comment: 25 pages; typos corrected in corollaries to Thm 1.2, substantial details added to Sec 2.2--2.3, minor changes throughou

Fonned and Refonned: What God Effects through the Liturgical Assembly of Christians

(Excerpt) It is a privilege to be invited to offer a keynote address to the Institute of Liturgical Studies, where so much serious reflection and energy for the renewal and study of Christian worship has been generated. As will become clear to you almost immediately, keynote today does not mean key in the sense of offering the key concept that is needed to unlock all subsequent deliberation on the important topic of forming Christians. In my case, key refers more frankly and realistically to the indispensable need to start somewhere by opening the door to subsequent work in the institute-with its speakers, its group sessions and workshops, and its liturgies. In a real sense what is needed at this year\u27s institute is not so much a key but a whole ring of keys. We who gather build on the two previous years\u27 work on worship, culture, and catholicity. Having explored the tensions between worship and culture in 1997, and the eschatological dimensions of those relationships in 1998, the institute this year turns to a moment of advocacy for the indispensable task of forming Christians