Jim Cotter died last week. I was blessed to have met him. He was a poet who worked at reshaping much of our inherited liturgical tradition. Here are some of Jim Cotter’s Books
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He was delighted that some of his work was incorporated into
A New Zealand Prayer Book He Karakia Mihinare o Aotearoa. From there, his are some of the best-loved parts of that Prayer Book which spread internationally and ecumenically with many people not being aware of Jim Cotter being the author. Particularly popular is the paraphrase of the Lord’s Prayer in Night Prayer (page 181). Many, however, are not aware that NZ changed Jim’s original. He has: