Posted in Book on August 30, 2007 | 2 Comments »
Occasionally I write book reviews for the Expository Times. (I am acquainted with the Editor, don’t you know?) This week two reviews were due so much of yesterday was spent reading and pondering and writing witty little reviews of no more than 400 words. I won’t print them here as then you would have [...]
Posted in Book on August 29, 2007 | No Comments »
When I was on holiday I saw The Oxford Passion - an open-air production by the Creation Theatre Company. The programme said that it was inspired by a new translation of the bible by Nicholas King SJ so I ordered it from Kevin Mayhew on my return. The author says ‘the aim of the translation… [...]
Posted in Uncategorized on August 28, 2007 | 6 Comments »
Thank you Mother Kimberly for alerting me to Googlemaps. St Mark’s should appear within 4 weeks or so as a place of interest (or rather Organizations - Churches/Religious).
Can anyone explain to me why there are only 3 cities marked on the overview map of the UK? And none of them is the capital Edinburgh. Scotland [...]
Posted in Uncategorized on August 26, 2007 | 2 Comments »
Spent all of yesterday at the Nexus exhibition at the SECC staffing the SEC stall. We smiled, nay twinkled, and accosted passers by with the new SEC leaflet and latest issue of Inspires.
The big marketing tool of these exhibitions is the carrier bag. If you can get someone to take one of your bags then [...]
Posted in Uncategorized on August 21, 2007 | 4 Comments »
Managed to shave a minute off the previous record time for a Vestry meeting. Tonight’s lasted one hour precisely. All business covered.
But I did hear that a certain church in Glasgow held one recently that lasted minutes. Minutes?! Well, less than an hour. They must be too frightened to speak, I reckon!
Posted in Uncategorized on August 21, 2007 | 2 Comments »
From Thu to Sat this weekend you can pop over to the SECC in Glasgow and get your fill of all things religious, clerical, whimsical or just downright bewildering. They’ve changed the name to Nexus and this seems to have coincided with a lack of advertising so in case you haven’t heard about it, here [...]
Posted in Uncategorized on August 20, 2007 | No Comments »
A single conversation across the table with a wise man [sic] is better than ten years mere study of books.
Henry Wadsworth Longfellow
Readers are plentiful,
Thinkers are rare!
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Posted in Uncategorized on August 20, 2007 | 4 Comments »
The holiday is over and I am raring to go. Feeling refreshed and renewed and rested. My head is buzzing with all that has to be done - the list is enormous. And the desk has suffered somewhat from a couple of weeks of unanswered mail etc. Here, have a look yourself.
Posted in Book on August 18, 2007 | 6 Comments »
The joy of being on holiday for me is that I can catch up on some reading. My holiday reading is usually of the fictional kind - the sort of escapism that one needs when one is trying not to worry about one’s little flock while one is away. So, thank you for asking, I [...]
Posted in Uncategorized on August 17, 2007 | 9 Comments »
Last night I went to see Catherine of Siena at the Festival Fringe by Sister Nancy (sister of comedian Bill Murray). Sister Nancy does a one-woman show of the life of Santa Caterina of Siena, whose head I have adored in her home church. (One of my favourite relics!)
Sister Nancy does the whole show in [...]
