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indecision

Posted in blog on 31 January, 2008 | 4 Comments »

I do wish the snow would just make up its mind to stay for the night.  All this bluster and mess with no result is just a tease.
Those reading this west of the Clyde:  be careful.  The road crews (gritters, clearers) are on strike right now.  Didn’t they time that well?

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encore

Posted in poetry on 28 January, 2008 | 6 Comments »

I’m hoping Sister Sarah will offer some tips on the nuances of the language in the previous post. But until then, I offer this as a sort of gloss on the phrase ‘regagné a lui-même’.
maggie and milly and molly and may
went down to the beach (to play one day)
and maggie discovered a shell [...]

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regagne a lui-meme

Posted in prayer on 26 January, 2008 | 7 Comments »

I’ve returned to Benedict this week: always the best guide when trying to balance life.
Ester de Waal mentions a prayer at Benedict’s shrine at Fleury, which begins:
today we see the person ‘qui est sorti de sa maison et qui a perdu la clé pour y entrer. Benoît, ton message est une invitation a [...]

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restless

Posted in blog on 24 January, 2008 | 12 Comments »

So much easier to tidy up a blog than to tend to the rest of life. (Though this is my time off after a full day yesterday.)
I just couldn’t bear the blue. Will anyone be really annoyed at having to scroll to the bottom for links? (i.e. — does anyone rely [...]

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led astray

Posted in blog on 23 January, 2008 | 1 Comment »

One reader asked where the feminist rant went, and I said the moment had passed. I knew the occasion would arise again soon.
A couple of goths (and I am generally well disposed towards goths…) are complaining of discrimination because their local bus company won’t let them board while she is attached to him [...]

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by any other name

Posted in Scottish Episcopal Church, church, congregation on 22 January, 2008 | 4 Comments »

Yesterday, I received an invitation (along with the congregation) to produce an article for a booklet that is being written about LCM. For those spared the tortures of Piskie jargon, that is Local Collaborative Ministry.
Why thank you, said I, only one thing: why us?
I found that I was thrown into an old dilemma. [...]

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one church

Posted in church on 20 January, 2008 | 5 Comments »

I have a confession to make.
(Members of the ICRC should divert their eyes… now)
I am not very good at ecumenism. I ‘believe in it’, of course; and will do what I need to to support it where I can. But I do it out of a sense of what is right and [...]

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what do you do, exactly?

Posted in books, church on 17 January, 2008 | 3 Comments »

Funny how the strange days always seem the most expressive of priesthood.
It began simply enough — phone calls, emails, a bit of desk clearing, a bit of feline distraction. Then off to a number of visits. Intended conversations: ‘how are you, then?’, general encouragement, group dynamics, graves and funeral hymns. Actual [...]

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calling all bloggers

Posted in Lent on 17 January, 2008 | 3 Comments »

Todays rain seems oddly Spring- like, and my thought have turned to Lent.
Many peope have asked if we will do a Lent Blog as we did in Advent.    We are at the ‘yes, in theory…’ stage.
We need more contributors if we are to pull off daily posts for six weeks.   If you would like [...]

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dangerous diversion

Posted in recipies on 14 January, 2008 | 8 Comments »

Oh wow.
Tonight was supposed to be the time to write a properly theological post (or at least a timely rant on the need for inclusive language), but while looking for a good recipe for Italian Kale, I stumbled across a new twist on the sourdough theme:
One batch, no knead bread that you make once and [...]

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