2 responses to “Carmen from the wings”
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A week already? Bother. Saw the notification, meant to listen/watch all week. Haven’t. Sigh. (previous five sentences describe phd-student life generally, I suspect, lack of grammar included).
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Imagine if our little flocks could see behind the scenes at church on a Sunday morning. Would they be surprised to see the thurifer on his/her knees blowing frantically on the charcoal, swinging the thurible through 360 degrees to get it going? Would they be surprised to see the MC rummaging through the pile of paper looking for that Collect which has just been asked for? Would they be surprised to see the Altar Servers giggling and larking around before processing out sedately?
These things are best left unseen too, I suspect.
Previous Posts
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Medical Report
Many thanks to all who have sent good wishes and offers to help whilst I have been laid low this week. I'm now starting to get back to normal.For those who are interested, I've had plantar fasciitis and very painful and debilitating it has been for three days. The treatment, recommended by my doctor, was…
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School of Prayer – 17 March 2004 Cancelled
The meeting of the School of Prayer tonight is postponed. I'm not well and likely to be off work for a couple of days.
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Cross listing
I find myself starting to be listed on other people's blogs – most notably this week the textweek blog. Textweek is an excellent collection of resources for preachers. I post sermons after the event – www.textweek.org has lots of links to people who post before the Sunday in question.I wonder how many get abuse because…
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Sermon – 14 March 2003 – Lent 3
Sometimes one opens the pages of scripture only to find written therein, questions and comments which seem to relate very precisely to the current conversation in the global village.This morning, as the world reflects on the sudden outbreak of terror and destruction in Madrid, the gospel falls open at a page when Jesus is speaking…
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