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happy anniversarIES calum da jazbo, and cheers (i don't know the answer to the health/wealth q btw, soz...is it since mrs cdj left ...? or since giving up the cigs)
are you cycling to the fest and back 3vs? if so, just one and haf pints, drunk from a thimble makes drinks last longer, and use a brightly coloured straw at all times, especially in the dark...(or whatever the nhs officially advocate), have fun!
Last edited by Guest; 20-04-12, 18:40.
Reason: tonsilitis + fuzzy head
i find this sympathetic, courageous and cheering three Cheerz for Rev Frazer!
If the Church of England were a business it would close down its failing branches and focus on places like Putney and St Paul's. It would concentrate resources on centres of excellence. Yet even just writing that sentence gives me the creeps. For not only would this sort of strategy mean the collapse of the very idea behind the Church of England, but it also presumes that excellence can be measured by bums on pews or by the quality of the worship experience (again, I shudder). On the other hand, this sort of argument is sometimes employed by the clergy as an alibi for laziness or a lack of ambition. The idea of presence is all very well, but I hardly think that bishops in the House of Lords are justified by the vicar who thinks the main part of his or her job is to wander around the parish smiling weakly at random people. That I will not be doing.
But what will I be doing? I don't know. Presence does not have a preloaded agenda other than a commitment to living out your core beliefs. And that scares me. For now I will say my prayers, make some friends and join V with the weeding. First things first.
Mr Feld has been hit by a lorry while on his bike and has died. Rev. Smallbone discusses this serious subject with children from the local CoE primary, and u...
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