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Things you’d never hear in church…
A small summer, bank holiday tribute to Mock the Week: “Things you’d never hear in church”. Contestants to the performance area, please… Bless you, Vicar. You’re the one with the training. You decide. I think as a PCC we just … Continue reading
Commonplace (31) : Evensong and Theologians
In 1935 Dietrich Bonhoeffer set up an illegal seminary in Finkenwalde, in opposition to the Nazi dominated structures of the National Church: The programme for the day began and ended with two long services. In the morning the service was … Continue reading
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Choirs and Articles The changing rooms of Durham Choir School at the end of a school term is a bit like the Church of England : full of Thirty-Nine articles, which nobody very much wants. Attributed to John Grove, in … Continue reading
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Huge Tragedy John Ibbitson, of the Globe and Mail, on 14 September 2002 referred to an alleged conspiracy to murder an OPP police officer in Brockville in December 1999. …the police and the local Crown attorney became convinced that they … Continue reading
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Smile! …the great value of wearing a SMILE badge is that it leaves your face free to scowl. Malcolm Bradbury, ‘Havernization’ , The New York Times, 29 September, 1977
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Dorothy Sayers’ Ethic Do this, do that, love your friends and like your neighbours, be just, be extravagantly generous, be honest, be tolerant, have courage, have compassion, use your wits and your imagination, understand the world you live in and … Continue reading
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Practical Eating “If it’s slower than me, stupider than me, and tastes better than me, then I’m eating it.” Anthony Bourdain, guest chef on Steve Wright in the Afternoon, Radio 2, 24 January 2002
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Jacob the Chandler “What do you understand about St. John’s Apocalypse?” the friar asked the chandler. “At what university did you study? At the loom, I suppose? For I understand that you were nothing but a poor weaver and chandler … Continue reading
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God and Christmas Round Robins God gets plenty of credit. One family, emigrants to the US, reminds us of “God’s amazing and ever-available peace and love”, which sadly was not available enough to prevent Dottie from getting “polymyalgia overlying fibromyalgia”. … Continue reading