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St Eucalyptus and St Anaglypta
I’m fascinated by the responses to my post yesterday about the two hypothetical but spiritually blessed congregations of St Eucalyptus and St Anaglypta. Broadly speaking, I think that the responses fall into the following categories: Change the game and ordain someone else (the Ordained Local Ministry option) Change the spirituality of the people and tell…
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Liturgy Online – again
I want to return to a question that I began to raise a couple of weeks ago regarding liturgy online. Let me concoct a scenario this time and ask a question. Last year I went down to one of the glorious English Cathedrals to preach. Being robed and up at the sharp end of things,…
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New Vice-Provost appointed for St Mary’s
I’m delighted to be able to share the news that a new Vice-Provost has been appointed for St Mary’s. The Rev Canon Cedric Blakey will be taking up the appointment at the start of December and licensed by Bishop Gregor on 5 December 2010. The appointment of a full time priest to work along side…
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Busy Day
One of those times where the buildings have been humming with activity for 24 hours. Last night it was a Knowing Me, Knowing you with John Riches, then Morning Prayer to start Saturday. Then a very well attended Prayer and Poetry Worshop. Then a Justice and Aid Network meeting. All the while, the office has…
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Who is the fairest of them all?
I suppose that the idea of the political parties squabbling to represent themselves as the fairest of them all is something which we should welcome. Yet there is something about the current scrapping over public spending cuts which seems faintly unsavoury and its getting in the way of trying to think through different solutions to…
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RSA Animations
I love the animations that the RSA are producing these days. Here’s a good one on changing educational paradigms. Just over 10 minutes – lots of ideas, hard-core animation, first class communication skills.
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Lightbox time
I’ve alluded on this blog before to the fact that as autumn comes on I use a lightbox. Well, lightbox time is well and truly here. About 10 days or so I took it down from the cupboard where it lies hibernating for the spring and summer and set it up on my desk. 10000…
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10 10
Hey, have you heard about the campaign to get everyone to try to cut their energy use by 10% in the year 2010? Well, if you haven’t and you are in St Mary’s, you can find some information on a temporary noticeboard at the back of church on Sunday. Anyway, I was thinking about this…
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What am I listening to?
Oh, thank you for asking, it seems like a while since you did. Firstly, its probably worth saying how I’m listening. I’m listening to music through the online service Spotify quite a lot these days. I’m lucky enough to have a “free” account which has the advantage of being free but the disadvantage of being…
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The Evensong Committee
It was obvious that a committee was gathering outside before Evensong. First one, then another. A gathering next to the church noticeboard. Each looked at the board to check the time and to note what was written there. Eventually the committee numbered 8-10 individuals who nodded to one another and walked towards me as I…