The scene is a very busy bookshop. A bepigtailed elderwoman protagonist approaches the information desk. She pauses for a moment and then asks…
“Excuse me, Religion is…?”
Her bearded interlocutor pauses for a moment and then replies….
“Religion is in the gold room, just up the stairs.”
He pauses once again, and then asks, “Or were you looking for a more esoteric answer?”
You are indeed right.
Although it could be argued that a permanent artifical arrangement might be a canon 35 matter.
Canon 35 for artificial flowers? Clever.
One might also argue that they fit under canon 22 — on Worship.
Or even Canon 28 — on pastoral breakdown??
Oh dear – surely the Canon which says the Priest-in-Charge has absolute authority (to which I can not remember the number) in his church is the one that applies.
No, church flower arrangers are a law unto themselves.
– so opportunities for an opening salvo and subsequent broadsides, eh ? Hoist the mainsail and hard a-starboard….
……..(now where did I put that powder and shot……. no…. that’s just compost and pots……)
Can Tony Blair survive attacks such as the letter from former diplomats which he received today? It is hard to imagine anyone governing Britain without even the grudging support of the Establishment.
Last week, I telephoned the Royal Mail Customer Care line to ask them to deliver my post to the right house and everyone else's post to their own houses rather than mine.They have written this morning apologising and enclosing a book of twelve first class stamps in compensation for my troubles. This is was good wheeze…
Today, we celebrate a Feast Day. Today we remember one of the younger followers of the Lord. One of the witnesses of the first days of the church. Someone who himself wrote down stories and sayings and passed them on to us so that we could find faith in the risen Lord. Today is St…
The link referred to in this week's sermon is http://www.bbc.co.uk/religion/religions/judaism/features/jewish_eyes/It is a rather interesting account of someone looking at Jesus through Jewish Eyes.
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