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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Crannogs are houses built on artificial islands over water, usually with a bridge or causeway joining them to the shore. When I set up this little blog it was envisaged as a place for friends who had formed relationships on the Archbishop Cranmer weblog to meet, keep in touch and exchange ideas, share what's happening in our respective lives, and even share the odd bit of 'gossip'. To me, this was what I enjoyed most on the site. It was 'friendly rivalry' and there was plenty of good humour among the disagreements. Not 'good disagreements' (heaven forfend!) but an underlying friendship despite our differences. Some 90 posts, 30,000 visits, and 3,000 comments later, it's time to reassess. Please let me know your thoughts and ideas on the following: Has it served its purpose and it is now time to move on? Where do folk want to take the blog - if anywhere? If we continue, what type of posts would you want to read? Can others contribute guest posts (on an...
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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