1. We've just celebrated Nowruz at our church, which is Persian new year and is equinox- rather than incarnation-related, and it's a really joyful chance to share the gospel. The shrugging off of the shroud of winter is a great leaping off point to talk about the risen Jesus.
2. Something about TS Eliot's Four Quartets (bear with me, I'm not actually writing this to sound fancy or indeed shmancy), a beautiful and fairly obtuse poem(s) which is very very much interested in the linear and cyclical natures of time. And what God Father Son and Spirit (and also Mary) have to do with that. I don't think I understand it but it's doing me good to mull on.
I've never said on here, but I'm loving these. Thank you.
It is surprising how the cycle of festivals is reassuring - especially when it reminds you of the important events. I always miss lady day so thank you for the reminder.
Wasn't it treasonable to predict the date of a monarch's death in the middle ages? May or otherwise?
Two things this triggered for me...
1. We've just celebrated Nowruz at our church, which is Persian new year and is equinox- rather than incarnation-related, and it's a really joyful chance to share the gospel. The shrugging off of the shroud of winter is a great leaping off point to talk about the risen Jesus.
2. Something about TS Eliot's Four Quartets (bear with me, I'm not actually writing this to sound fancy or indeed shmancy), a beautiful and fairly obtuse poem(s) which is very very much interested in the linear and cyclical natures of time. And what God Father Son and Spirit (and also Mary) have to do with that. I don't think I understand it but it's doing me good to mull on.
I've never said on here, but I'm loving these. Thank you.
It is surprising how the cycle of festivals is reassuring - especially when it reminds you of the important events. I always miss lady day so thank you for the reminder.
Wasn't it treasonable to predict the date of a monarch's death in the middle ages? May or otherwise?