Here are the most interesting things I’ve read this week.
Have you invited the Primus to come along with his Brompton?
Personally, I doubt that bicycles are a helpful liturgical tool. The last time I was on one, it was in tandem with my training rector. We fell. We bled. Weeks passed before we could kneel at the daily office.
(though perhaps if bikes still came with sparkly ribbon streamers as they did when I was 8, I could be persuaded)
It sounds to me as though it would have been quite a good idea to have looked for a blessing before taking to the tandem.
+Primus has been invited by facebook.
Natch.
Unlike with pets, bikes are less prone to accidents on the carpets.
Looks like the first steps may be underway towards regime change in America. Hurrah!
It occurred to me the other day, bonfire night, to be exact, that I’ve never actually used fireworks liturgically.
I don’t suppose that it will surprise anyone that I’m against the death sentence in general. In the particular case of Saddam Hussein, I wouldn’t have thought that executing him would help Iraq much even if I were in favour. A further upsurge in violence is not going to help anyone wherever it comes from.…
I rather enjoyed reading this essay from an atheist philosopher who, from his hospital bed, forgives those who are praying for him. Thus: What, though, do I say to those of my religious friends (and yes, I have quite a few religious friends) who have had the courage and honesty to tell me that they…
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