So Tired – some post-vote, not particularly comic, doggerel
I’m not going to get into all the ins and outs of synodical votes this week. It’s all very sad, and for a whole range of reasons, and I’m frankly fearful of the future. Obviously, things can’t remain as they were.
Pursuing Byron at The Temple of Poseidon, Cape Sounion
It has been a schoolboy dream to visit this place (yeah, I know; I was, and am still, a bit of a classics geek): the Temple of Poseidon at Cape Sounion (the southern tip of Attica, just below Athens). There’s not a lot of it left sadly. But it is one of the most spectacular […]
Friday Fun 31: The Traveller’s Life lost in translation
Never one to lose the momentum of a bandwagon, here are some more great moments from Charlie Croker’s Lost in Translation. All very silly and as I said last week, very unfair. But quite fun nonetheless.
Caught in the crossfire: the Pain of Exile and Friendship in Dmetri Kakmi’s Mother Land
I set out for Greece today to do a long weekend of training in Athens: a country and city wracked by austerity measures, riots and fearful pessimism. And the complexities of the situation extend back far in the country’s history – they certainly defy soundbite rhetoric or easy-blame zingers. But as I return, I’ve been thinking […]
Friday Fun 30: Hotel Life lost in translation
Just for a change, here are a few choice quotations from this rather fun tome, Charlie Croker’s Lost in Translation. Of course, it’s never fair to make fun of people’s mistakes in a language not their own. After all, I dread to think of all the terrible errors I’ve made when speaking French. However, it’s a […]
When the living have to bury their own dead
Church-planters probably never even consider factoring this in when they start. That was certainly the case for some friends of mine in Turkey. For who would have guessed that setting up a cemetery might have to become a key feature of their growth strategy?
Friday Fun 29: Winston takes his stand on foreign place names
A real gem this week. It’s on display in the painting studio at Chartwell, Churchill’s much-loved home in Kent. I couldn’t resist getting downhis points verbatim when we paid a return visit over the summer.
Q marks the spot – Treasure Map 50 (November 2012)
Wow – how about that!? The 50th map of monthly treasure! Enjoy… Sacred Treasure Rowan Williams’ recent interesting Theos lecture on The Person and the Individual Tim Keller has been involved with creating a new catechesis – looks very interesting indeed In case you missed it, here are the links to the recent, interesting series […]
Bananamation Man is BACK (again): The Xorp Grand Prix 2012
Half term was not idly spent by Joshua and my nephew Hudson (despite consistently dismal weather). Over the week, the fused their considerable talents to produce this short, which is little short of a masterpiece (IHMO).
One field, rather a lot of trees and a post-arable parable
20 years ago my parents bought a south-facing wheat-field off a local farmer. As an investment. It’s about 10 acres in beautiful rural Norfolk (here’s a view from the church tower right) So how would you invest?
Friday Fun 28: Aural Nostalgia for an African Day
This is a random Friday Fun. It’s not especially funny, although some will probably think this makes me seem very funny, putting me in the same bracket as collectors of birdsong CDs. Too bad. It just so happened that I was searching for some old files on my computer and came across these – I’d […]
60-second adventures in religion
I can’t remember who told me about these, but they’re fab. The Open University Religious Studies is obviously plugging its wares – but fair enough. The results are wonderful and very useable in all kinds of places I suspect – wryly humoured animation with the added bonus is the wonderfully-suited satirical voice of David Mitchell.
