Filed under: culture
when did hallowe’en become a holiday?
i was a few stores on hallowe’en and every time i walked out, i was wished a ‘happy hallowe’en’? i’ve never been wished a ‘happy labour day’ or ‘happy earth day’.
should we be given a stat holiday to assist us in celebrating the pagan festival?
Filed under: randomness
i decided to move my office to starbucks yesterday. i spent the office, appearing very hip - with my macbook, my venti bold and my ae messenger bag. it was a very good afternoon, and actually got lots done.
on the other side of the lounge were a number of mothers and their babies. i think parents create a lot of bad behaviours at a young age. one child was crawling across the floor pushing a toy and the put it in his mouth, mom was watching. not long later, another child had a very loud burb…which the mothers applauded.
isn’t this confusing? if i was crawling around on the floor and putting things in my mouth and burbing loudly, is anyone going to applaud me? aren’t we just adding confusion to these poor children?
Filed under: church
i was at a service last sunday night, celebrating a new ministry appointment of a friend of mine. the service was a tradional anglican evensong services, complete with all the traditional music.
most of the service wasn’t that bad. we came to two points in the service where it is traditional to sing these prayers (which by the way, when you understand the significance and rationale to them, it is quite beautiful). we were invited to stand and listen to the choir sing these prayers. later in the service it was explained that in order for these prayers to truly sound the way they were intended, they can only be sung by a professionally trained choir. (my interpretation: your voices suck and would cause even God’s ears to bleed, so stop unless you are willing to spend hours practicing.)
i wondered if i was simply bitter, but the people i traveled with shared a similar opinion. i can understand a concert/recital or another type of performance where you want the trained people singing and the rest listening and enjoying. but in a service of worship - to suggest that our vocal chords have not received the same blessing and therefore cannot sing? with that type of reception, i’m not surprised that anglican church congregations are rapidly shrinking.
(truthfully, the choir didn’t sound that great either.)
Filed under: Uncategorized
within a few moments, i will be leaving my office to commence two weeks holidays. i’m looking forward to a nice break.
i’m taking a few things to read over the break, hopefully:
new monasticism
the new christians
the shaping of things to come
emotionally healthy spirituality
