Ophidian house guest

We discovered a house guest today, literally living in the house. S/he is a young yellow-faced whip snake, not venomous—though you still wouldn’t want to be bitten—but still a mild shock to the system. She (I’ll decide a gender on democratic grounds; we have three sons at home and a male dog) is living within [...]

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Sinusoidal Gnosticism

No, it’s not a new religion. Just as there are three types of people in the world (those who can count, and those who can’t), so also there are two types: Those Who Know about sinusitis (the Sinusoidal Gnostics) and those who don’t.
I’m now beginning to emerge from a particularly bad bout of sinusitis. I [...]

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Liturgical outing

I’m off to Sydney (again!!) soon, for some great liturgical conferences — Societas Liturgica, the English Language Liturgical Consultation and seminar week at United Theological College.
Back on 21st — will try to write while I’m away.

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Clog Dancing

I saw an article about clog dancing in The Yorkshire Dalesman today. I remember dad talking about it as something that happened in his childhood, and I wondered what it was like.
I realised that YouTube would likely be a place I could see what it’s like. I wasn’t wrong!
While my late dad would enjoy this [...]

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Australian Consultation on Liturgy 2009

This time last week I was sitting in historic Trinity College in balmy Melbourne (not!) at the 2009 meeting of ACOL, the Australian Consultation on Liturgy ACOL was inaugurated in 1976 and exists to help member churches to deepen their understanding of their own and other churches’ worship. Among other things, it also monitors the [...]

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Study leave

I’m on 3 weeks’ study leave, hoping to complete my thesis in that time — except, perhaps, for the bibliography.
Began with a morning in the college library then had a very enjoyable lunch with Avril Hannah-Jones, up from Victoria.
I’ll try to keep you posted.

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