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Odd
It strikes me as odd that in a church which is supposedly celebrating variety of ministries we appear to have no liturgy for recognising a lay ministry.
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Verbatim – yesterday, General Synod Office
Me: Well, “temporary” as a description of a website is a bit of a red herring. After all, websites are all both temporary and not temporary simultaneously.Him: Thank you Confucius.
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The curious incident of the mouse in the night time
Was awakened by the most almighty crash at 0230 this morning. It was clear from the noise of pounding hooves that the last trump had sounded and the four horsemen of the apocalypse were riding through the bedroom. [Bear in mind that I had seen an opera last night in which Nero quite properly appeared…
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A Night at the Opera
Just back from a night at the opera. It was the RSAMD’s production of the Coronation of Poppea at the Traverse in Edinburgh. The Traverse made a better than expected venue for the piece which was beautifully sung. A pair of chattering harpsichords kept the dialogue going. The ensemble played well and the many soloists…
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The Monastery
Quite enjoyed watching “The Monastery” on BBC2 tonight. It is a new posh reality show where the conceit is that 5 men join the monks at Worth Abbey in Sussex. It is quite a good advert for the monastic life and religion in general. So much so, that I am thinking that it might be…
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More blogging
Sorry that I have been a bit remiss in posting over the last couple of weeks. Fighting a General Election campaign is not something one does very often. Well, it is not something that this one has ever done before. The adrenaline rush was incredible last Thursday night and Friday. However, it does fade. Life…
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Result!
The election result is on my political page – www.kelvin-holdsworth.co.uk I'm off to bed, exhausted but delighted at the result.
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May Day
Yes, thank you for asking, I did wash my face in the dew this morning, can you not tell?
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Sermon – 1 May 2005
To an unknown God The God whom we worship is both known and unknown. Out of such a paradox, Christianity was forged and hurled around the known civilized world of its day. Paul?s sermon on the hill known as the Areopagus in Athens is itself a little Pentecost ? a little of the Holy Spirit…
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Cat Fury
Tilly’s fury at the election knows no bounds. She has taken to hissing at all visitors to the house. This started with her hissing at known Liberal Democrats, but I fear that it has now progressed to voters from all parties. She will be glad when things quieten down a bit next week. Meanwhile, people…