Today is Lammas Day – Scotland’s traditional first fruits of the harvest day.
Here’s a Lammas Sermon from a couple of years ago.
4 responses to “New Year Predictions 2016”
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Number One only works if George Carey is capable of a) self-awareness and b) shame. There is no evidence to support either.
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We can hope you are right about #4.
Because of #2, I hope your prediction about #4 is not a fond thing, vainly invented, grounded on no hope of things seen in light of actual events.
Those of us in the US are always wonder what the ABC is up to when stepping over borders.
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I fervently hope that #7 turns out to be the case. It wouldn’t hurt to have a Democratic majority in Congress again, either.
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So true – delayed at Heathrow for nearly an hour because a drone was in out flight path.. maybe a plane will be hit and then they will legislate.
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