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Archive for August, 2008
f.y.i.
Posted in blog on 31 August, 2008 | 2 Comments »
black pot
Posted in photos, recipies on 30 August, 2008 | 4 Comments »
This one’s for Edye. It’s been ages since I’ve offered a recipe, and the fabulous black pot she gave me has been waiting for autumn to turn.
1 black pot, eager and waiting
1 butternut squash, peeled, seeded & chopped
a scattering of coriander seeds & cardamom pods
1/2 inch of water
a few spoonfuls of brown sugar
a bit of [...]
all together now
Posted in blog on 28 August, 2008 | 36 Comments »
The ‘how are we different’ game has been fabulous.
The question now is what can we say that is true for all of us?
Same rules apply: you are free to challenge any claim. We rule out ‘we read this blog’ and any claims to Christianity (too dull if we all are, and too hard for those [...]
sudden memories
Posted in blog on 28 August, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
Just before the eucharist tonight, I stumbled across a set of pictures that a friend and I once prepared for worship. So, I decided to use them as a focus for where our restless hearts might find God (St Augustine, today).
I picked up a picture that I thought was about prayer — about the [...]
day off
Posted in blog on 27 August, 2008 | 6 Comments »
A copy of the New Yorker.
A huge mug of coffee.
A table to myself, and not a student in sight.
Isn’t Borders blissful in the already-back-to-school, not-yet-back-to-university season?
cameras ready
Posted in blog on 25 August, 2008 | 7 Comments »
This one is for Sr Sarah & co. : an online beauty pageant for nuns…
only you
Posted in blog on 25 August, 2008 | 60 Comments »
Here’s a game for a late summer’s afternoon:
How are you different from every other reader of this blog?
I’ve been reading a book (well, a chapter of a book) on cultural diversity and the overlap and divergence between dominant cultures and ‘co-cultures’. I’ll write more about it over the next couple of days, but we [...]
reeds & dreams
Posted in photos, worship on 24 August, 2008 | 6 Comments »
Well, both congregations were remarkably willing (though Dunoon takes the prize for most competent group origami ever). Photos here, as per request.
role play
Posted in church, photos on 23 August, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
Now that the props are ready for tomorrow’s worship, Molly has kindly offered to model the likely range of reactions from the congregation.
1. ‘You think I got out of bed for this??’
2. ‘Count me in. (but no water, right?)’
pushing the boat out
Posted in church, congregation on 23 August, 2008 | 8 Comments »
So, do you suppose after two years here, the congregations are ready for me to abandon a normal sermon in favour of paper folding and meditative prayer?
The idea spawned equally by tomorrows OT lesson on Moses amid the Bullrushes, and the fact that my voice is very weak after an infection.
I still remember the first [...]
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