27 March 2016
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It is a bit too late to offer a public service announcement and inform you that not only is today Easter Day but it is also when the clocks spring forward. I had wondered how this would play out at … Continue reading
6 April 2015
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Lamb seems a very appropriate meat for an Easter meal being the celebration of Jesus, the Lamb of God, who has taken away the sins of the world and so yesterday wasn’t the first time I have made that choice … Continue reading
31 March 2013
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I mentioned yesterday morning that this is a good weekend to be pondering the gospel; last night Jane and I visited Magdalen Road Church in East Oxford for The Mark Drama, which is definitely my highlight so far of this … Continue reading
30 March 2013
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I racked up an impressive amount of service time yesterday, with a short event at Cowley Methodist, the East Oxford Churches Together walk of witness down Cowley Road, the afternoon vigil service at St Clement’s and then Franciscan stations of … Continue reading
20 January 2013
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I was browsing through the information at the start of the Book of Common Prayer today and spotted that it has tables to calculate the date of Easter. Up until the year 2299! I am not sure how old the … Continue reading
8 April 2012
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Easter, Easter. Huzzah the happy morning! Breakfast eaten (chocolate eggs not opened after a surfeit of stollen), lunch preparations started (lamb with rosemary and garlic, experimentally wrapped in foil and left in the slow cooker surrounded by water at 65°C) … Continue reading
11 October 2011
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Jane and I went to a meeting at Ss Mary and John church tonight to discuss the possibility of staging a passion play on Cowley Road next Easter. Judging from the strong turnout, the answer looks to be yes.
24 April 2011
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What stops a film being a random sequence of people, places and interactions? It is the story which gives meaning, providing a thread by which to understand the whole. I was thinking about meaning today. What is Easter about? What … Continue reading
17 February 2010
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Today is Ash Wednesday, the start of another season of Lent. Looking back through my blog, it like I did not do anything particular to mark it in 2008 but that I gave up early morning time on the Internet … Continue reading