December 2008
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christmas blessing →
I want to get rid of my cold really soon.
Lemon honey and ginger seems to be working a bit.
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Slow Down
A little meditation I’ve written for Church on Sunday:
Slow down, Christmas is coming, don’t worry it will arrive.
The unwritten cards really don’t matter; you don’t need to fret about presents still to buy.
The office party is all in the past. The long journey home, on Christmas Eve, through sleet or fog or freezing rain;
for now, it doesn’t matter.
Forget about Nigella’s, or Jamie’s or...
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100 web sites →
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…if you would meet with God-come-to-us,
you must walk away from...
– Advent 13 / A light for the Patriarchs Great stuff from Andrew.
MAGNIFICAT / ARVO PART on Vimeo (via Vimeo)
Great digital Christmas card from Geerard
Pallers →
looking forward to a night off at home.
About to be trained to marry people.
mixed economy and no rowan williams is not... →
Blur :: Hyde Park 2009 →
wow!
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Lectio divina - what’s it all about? →
Great, simple introduction to this ancient way of praying throught the bible from reJesus.
R1Mix: The Prodigy minimix by Herve →
Shared by Ben Some great album’s in Zaine Lowe’s masterpieces shows last week. Loved listening to Jilted Generation’ and like this “whole album in 7 minutes” re-edit by Herve.
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Form Blogs
A couple of good blogs from other people involved in Form this year.
Hannah leads some of the student work at St Toms and is also on the team helping lead Form with me. She writes really well, particularly about her experiences with God and Church.
Pete is one of our trainees. I love his blog’s name. He goes for a more current affairs/cultural critique approach.
Its cool to see how...
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The same mentor defines training like this: employing appropriate actions within...
– Brian Mclaren: Finding our way again, p. 80.
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Nature Time Lapse 2 on Vimeo (via Vimeo)
Beautiful Short film by Mockmoon.
Christmas Giveaway and Contest →
Shared by Ben
Adam’s got a couple of nice Christmas covers from Jars of Clay and Sixpence none the Richer.
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google life archive →
google gets hold of some cool photos from the 19th and 20th centuries.
via VSL
I really hope it does snow tomorrow like everyone is saying.
UPDATE
We got a little but not loads, and then rain all day. That seems to happen a lot in Sheffield. Still, snow before Christmas always bodes well.
advent abundance... worship tricks 48,49,50, 51!! →
Shared by Ben
some great advent ideas from Jonny
Masterpieces
I loved listening to The Stone Roses on Radio 1 tonight, such a good album.