What the well dressed Anglican Christmas tree will be wearing this year March 22, 2008
Posted by gesta in faith.Tags: Anglican, Canterbury, York
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During my recent meanderings around the North (enjoying being cold and away from southerners), I came across the ultimate in Anglican religious kitsch in the York Minster shop. Despite the fact that it is Holy Saturday today and so manifestly not time for thinking about Christmas, I couldn’t resist posting about this, so here you go, Rowan Williams and John Sentamu tree decorations.
Into Great Silence March 15, 2008
Posted by gesta in Boundaries, Debate, faith.Tags: Carthusians, La Grande Chartreuse, monasticism, Paul Groening
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I was sitting in a lecture theatre watching a man praying. For about four minutes nothing else happened, just the silent contemplation and measured movement of a Carthusian about his vocation. There was a murmur from other members of the audience: this wasn’t what they were expecting, a feeling of discomfort and unease. My companions and I though were utterly absorbed. (more…)
