January 2009
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Doves
are possibly my favourite band ever.
They’ve got a new album out later this year and you can get a free taster track at their site.
Its called Jetstream and it is amazing
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More wordle fun - Psalms
Morning Prayers
Thought it would be fun to make a worlde from my morning prayers today.
most of the text is collected in Time to Pray from Church House Publishing.
some of its also in the Bible
very tired this morning
Feeling light, peace, hope and joy.
--: Oliver Jeffers :-- →
I love Oliver Jeffers’ illustrations and stories.
Katherine’s found a great interview with him in The Guardian.
not so dark
I haven’t watched any of the other episodes of Channel 4’s Christianity: A History but have just enjoyed Robert Beckford’s examination of the Dark Ages a great deal.
Its a subject I have a bit of a geeky fascination with already, and studied a bit at University. He came at it from a slightly different angle and I found his comments about the inclusivity of Anglo Saxon...
2nd Form Weekend retreat of the year. Encounter God Weekend. Loving it!
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Say not the struggle naught availeth,
The labour and the wounds are vain,
The...
– Say not the Struggle Naught availeth by Arthur Hugh Clough
I was flicking through a book of poetry that I was given at Christmas this morning. This one just jumped out at me. I love the sentiment.
Of course it is possible that this becomes empty optimism. There could well have been many who...
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The White House →
New look Whitehouse website.
Time magazine: Obama's inaugural speech - full... →
dolbylicious
Just spent the last few hours stuffing envelopes. Urgh!
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Tribes - do something remarkable →
moon on Vimeo (via Vimeo)
Listening to the new Animal Collective album. It really is good. Streamed at http://au.myspace.com/dominorecordsoz.
just loved Danny Byrd - Gold Rush http://hypem.com/track/682146
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Distinctly Askew
Hey! Welcome to my blog.
For those of you who don’t know me, allow me to introduce myself.
I’m Ben, I live with my little family in a seaside town called Deal in Kent. We’re new to life by the sea and it is lovely. I work for a church there and am also training to (eventually) be a vicar at St Mellitus’ college.
I’m fascinated by God, by other people and by...
we are all like drug addicts!!! →
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Found a temporary handset. So feel free to text again.
La Fabrique [i]materielle on Vimeo (via Vimeo)
Superhighway of Light on Vimeo (via Vimeo)
History of the Internet on Vimeo (via Vimeo)
erk! My phone has got a big crack in the screen which meanse I can’t read it.
Please don’t text me until I can get it sorted!
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really looking forward to getting the new term started at form
Writing thank you letters and birthday cards.
Hello there.
Happy New Year! Did you have a good Christmas? We did.
From here 2009 looks pretty exciting. We’ve had a pretty relaxed start but now I’m looking forward to getting it really going.
Not really got any resolutions, a vague desire to do some more jogging (went out this morning for the first time in ages) but not much else.