In my last teaching job, the headmaster once sent out a list of events for which we were allowed to take a day off school. It read something like: own funeral, spouse’s funeral, own-child’s funeral, parent’s funeral, second coming.
As I stood in the corridor reading it I immediately made another list of things I would [...]
Archive for October, 2008
don’t pretend
Posted in Anglican, church on 23 October, 2008 | 1 Comment »
lovely Dunoon
Posted in blog on 23 October, 2008 | 5 Comments »
Do you suppose I should preach for Sea Sunday (which we celebrate this week), or should we simply start building an ark?
The rain is apparently endless. I really must stop hiding and go get seed for the very bedgraggled pheasants and the ever-hopeful robin. Sigh.
clearing
Posted in blog on 21 October, 2008 | 11 Comments »
There is a certain similarity in the things I have most enjoyed today:
the clever new-to-me programme One Note, that actually lets me plan a liturgy workshop all at once without filtering it through endless scraps of paper.
a new A3 pad, for the things that must be done by hand when process matters more than product. [...]
Mr President
Posted in blog on 19 October, 2008 | 4 Comments »
Don’t miss this.
multi-guess
Posted in blog on 17 October, 2008 | 17 Comments »
I was never good at multiple choice tests. I always complicated the matter — read too much into the question, and thought that all of the answers were wrong (even when I could see which one they wanted.)
Who knew that could get in the way of voting?
I’ve just tried to submit my vote for the [...]
writing the date and realising
Posted in blog on 16 October, 2008 | 2 Comments »
Happy Birthday, father Zebadee (and can I have your new address sometime…)
Four friends have had birthdays so far this month, and I missed them all. I know I usually don’t get round to sending any of the many fine cards I buy for my friends, but to commit so many sins of omission is rare.
Hmm. [...]
the land of Lemsips
Posted in blog, books on 16 October, 2008 | 5 Comments »
This is just a quick note to say I am still alive.
Coughing and hiding under blankets, but still here. Those of you who read Ruth’s blog will know she turned her recent illness into a book festival. Hoping to do the same for part of today and tomorrow, though there is also great need to [...]
kindness
Posted in poetry on 11 October, 2008 | 3 Comments »
A few weeks ago, a childhood friend found me on facebook. We were never that close through school; we didn’t consciously choose to spend time together, but through all our growing up, we were both there. As I thought about him, I realised that every significant memory I had was of his kindness. Small unnecessary [...]
today
Posted in blog on 6 October, 2008 | 4 Comments »
not me
Posted in church, worship on 5 October, 2008 | 8 Comments »
A blissful morning of church without responsibility.
I have realised that on those rare occasions when I go to church somewhere else, what I want is in many cases the exact opposite of what I think matters as a priest.
So, I went early for quiet (a hoped for, but often unrealised goal in my various congregations).
I [...]
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