Aha! Lo! One of the joys of the calendar this year is that we can celebrate Doris Day Day in Eastertide.
Singalong now.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=evqSKridlQU
Ms Day is 89 years young today and deserves our many congratulations.
5 responses to “Ordinary Sunday in Eastertide”
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But, but… this Sunday is in no way ordinary time! It is still in Easter!
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You are right, Tom. It is just an ordinary special Sunday…
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Wall to wall gorgeousness from the choir – music to my ears! (Perhaps a video one day)?
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I guess the Ascension was celebrated on Ascension Day? Very right and proper; but for those places that can’t achieve a Thursday evening crowd, yesterday would have been a high festival too!
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I’ve never been in a church that didn’t keep Ascension on Ascension Day and I’m wondering why there are churches that don’t.
Is it that the people stopped coming because it wasn’t done well or because they are too lazy to turn out or is there some other reason?
There is a curious habit in this diocese of having joint regional services on Ascension Day in some of our regions. This has never made me think any better of our regional system.
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Shh!
Am having an Advent Quiet Day.Shh! Don’t interrupt the praying…or thinking…or mulling over…or whatever.
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1 December 2005
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New job in York
Nice to see that Margaret Sentamu’s husband has got another job – as a drummer in a band this time. Margaret was one of the people responsible for the selection conference which recommended me for training for the ministry. Indeed, she was the secretary of the conference.
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The Burly Gas Man Cometh
Just managed to avoid cremating the 11 am congregation this morning. Arrived in church to find a bunch of people all telling one another that they could smell gas. Moved the service to the church hall and called the emergency gas helpline. Was advised to turn off the gas and fling wide the doors to…
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