May 29, 2005 parish Come Rain, Wind or Snow… The Chichester Diocese May Festival was great fun at Plumpton Racecourse, but the weather was so changable, we didn't know what was happening from one minute to the next: hot sunshine, pouring rain, enough wind to lift huge party tents and carry them across half the county. The worship was okay, the Blessed multimedia mass… Read more By spr
May 22, 2005 Uncategorized Sermon: Trinity Sunday, Year A Sermon: Trinity Sunday, Year A In the name of the +Father, and of the Son, and of the Holy Spirit. Amen. A small boy had just come back from Church, where he had received, I have no doubt, some fine teaching at Sunday School. He started quizzing his mother on where God was to be… Read more By spr
May 10, 2005 Uncategorized Modern Funeral Ritual The funeral was massive. At least £2000 on flowers that could have gone to Cancer Research or to the Church building appeal (much needed) or at least something worthwhile went on floral tributes that basically no-one is going to see again. Those ones which spell out a name or (more commonly a releationship) are £60… Read more By spr
May 8, 2005 Uncategorized New Funeral Music and Random Musings on the Nature of Transubstantiation Chosen by the family for Tuesday's funeral CD In: "All About You" by McFly CD Out: "Somewhere Only We Know" by Keane Both good songs. A little unsure about them in the context of a funeral per se; but this speaks volumes about the spirituality of everyday things. By taking these two secular pieces of… Read more By spr