The Book of Ecclesiastes as its author surely envisioned it! And how nice to see in the video Judith and the lads bringing in the harvest of Pinot Waggawagga.
Ah, the young Judith Durham. The single greatest motivation for the development of time travel. Here's one I really love her singing because, despite its barroom pedigree, you actually have to be able to sing to put it across.
Interesting that a line in that letter reads: "Membership of the Synod is a way in which we serve before God." Surely there was no need for the 'before' there. Everybody gotta serve somebody, as Bob Dylan once said.
Fascinating. It seems that they do know how to wield archepiscopal discipline after all! Not for radical departures from Anglican practice, of course, but for saying hurty things on Twitter.
There is no longer any difference between the CofE and the world (in the Johannine sense) Any 'traditional' Anglicans still in the CofE at this point are like people standing on the deck of the Titanic assuring each other that the cold water in their shoes is nothing to worry about.
I guess we all serve before God, as He sees everything, but I can't help thinking that they would have focused their minds on the jobs they are paid to do if they'd left that word out.
A half-century later, John Cleese is promising a new series of Fawlty Towers. However, the censorship of woke is very constraining ... What will he be allowed to get away with, I wonder? https://www.bbc.com/news/entertainment-arts-64563839
I loved that series. Sad that British humour has been curbed by censorship. I look forward to see what Cleese comes up with in spite of the challenges....From Cressida
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Saint Patrick ( Pádraig) i s venerated as a saint in the Catholic Church, the Lutheran Church, the Church of Ireland, a part of the Anglican Communion, and also in the Eastern Orthodox Church, where he is regarded as “equal-to-the-apostles” and as the “Enlightener of Ireland.” The "sons of Patrick" There is much written about Saint Patrick and many studies. The most readable and engaging account, if somewhat romanticised, is Thomas Cahill’s book, “How The Irish Saved Civilisation” . He writes: Ireland played the central role in maintaining European culture when the dark ages settled on Europe in the fifth century. As Rome was sacked by Visigoths and its empire collapsed, Ireland became “the isle of saints and scholars” that enabled the classical and religious heritage to be saved. I rish monks preserved the faith by building Holy shrines, copied the manuscripts of both pagan and Christian writers, including Homer and Aristotle, and preserved these while l...
So, this year my dear spouse and myself will have been married for 46 years. Overcome by an overwhelming romantic feeling, I searched the internet and, unusually for HJ, had a special card printed ready to surprise her.
The Book of Ecclesiastes as its author surely envisioned it! And how nice to see in the video Judith and the lads bringing in the harvest of Pinot Waggawagga.
ReplyDeleteAh, the young Judith Durham. The single greatest motivation for the development of time travel. Here's one I really love her singing because, despite its barroom pedigree, you actually have to be able to sing to put it across.
ReplyDeletehttps://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ftBAXo00M6s
Time, gentlemen, your glasses please, come on now haven't you got any homes to go to...
DeleteMeanwhile, General Synod has set up a commission to consider whether to continue referring to God as 'he' or use a gender neutral term. Wrestling with the real issues again, the pews will be packed.
ReplyDeleteThere is a time for organisations to spring up, and a time for them to wither away.
"A time you may embrace, a time to refrain from embracing."
DeleteSynod member reported to police for ‘hate crime’ for campaigning against Queer Theory and sexualisation of children
And he was publicly rebuked by the Archbishops of Canterbury and York.
DeleteInteresting that a line in that letter reads: "Membership of the Synod is a way in which we serve before God." Surely there was no need for the 'before' there. Everybody gotta serve somebody, as Bob Dylan once said.
DeleteFascinating. It seems that they do know how to wield archepiscopal discipline after all! Not for radical departures from Anglican practice, of course, but for saying hurty things on Twitter.
DeleteThere is no longer any difference between the CofE and the world (in the Johannine sense) Any 'traditional' Anglicans still in the CofE at this point are like people standing on the deck of the Titanic assuring each other that the cold water in their shoes is nothing to worry about.
Well, it seems Synod comes before God ....
DeleteI guess we all serve before God, as He sees everything, but I can't help thinking that they would have focused their minds on the jobs they are paid to do if they'd left that word out.
DeleteA half-century later, John Cleese is promising a new series of Fawlty Towers. However, the censorship of woke is very constraining ... What will he be allowed to get away with, I wonder?
ReplyDeletehttps://www.bbc.com/news/entertainment-arts-64563839
Oh, he really should, and he probably still could.
DeleteI loved that series. Sad that British humour has been curbed by censorship. I look forward to see what Cleese comes up with in spite of the challenges....From Cressida
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