Taking refuge in high places away from the older bullies in the hen house. All gone to bed now. Aww.

Q: What do you call 90 people in a church? A: Four weddings and a funeral

All these Cummings and Goings!

Nicely put

‘Often the last act of cowardice is to fire someone.’ (Patrick Lencioni). I wonder if Trump knows that?

Sir Humphrey explains Brexit youtu.be/lFBgQpz_E80 via YouTube

Good morning, I am David, and I am part of the Third Order Society of Saint Francis. We are a dispersed community and our members can be male or female, married or single, lay or ordained. We live under a rule of life whilst carrying out our regular jobs in society.

When I was a lad (1960s) you had made it when you were a millionaire. Now you’ve made it when you’re a billionaire. 1000 fold increase. But the value of money between 1960 and 2020 only went up 24 fold. Hmmm.

My arrangement of John Rutter 's beautiful 'The Lord Bless You and Keep You' - in the absence of a real choir I thought I'd try a new video style! #arrangement #virtualchoir

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Politics For All The Spectator Facts from data this week and a day in November with the equivalent number of cases. Resd in to it what you will. I read that as vaccinations working along with herd immunity. Case numbers aren't the barometer to panic over. Cases in ICU and deaths are.

Politics For All @Paul19885D The Spectator The people getting excited on here about number of positive cases… It’s irrelevant, it’s the number hospitalised thats crucial. The vaccine is proving successful in preventing serous illness from COVID. We need to live with it, it’s never going away.

Absolutely, it is money we have paid in over decades.

@simon_leighton The church is reluctant to accept that in the western nations, religion is out of favour against materialism. The church should focus on holiness and adjust to its current size which will last perhaps another century or so before revival.

'Blessed are those servants who do not consider themselves any better when they are praised and exalted by people than when they are considered worthless, simple and looked down upon, for what we are before God, that we are and no more.' (St. Francis of Assisi, 'The Admonitions')

Thought provoking Church Times feature on #obesity reminds me of my spiritual director's advice on writing a Rule of Life: "start with your bedtime". Much Western Christian practice ignores the body. No fasting or pilgrimage, seated for worship. Essentially dualist.

"For me to be a saint means to be myself... therefore the problem of sanctity and salvation is in fact the problem of finding out who I am and discovering my true self." ---- Thomas Merton

STILL LOOKING FOR CHRIST? If you cannot find Christ in the beggar at the church door, you will not find Him in the chalice. (St. John Chrysostom)