Month: September 2023
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General Update
I have been more silent on this blog than intended. I have quite a few posts in draft form but not yet ready to be published. There will probably be a whole rush of them before too long. This week marks the halfway point of my study leave. As I was warned by colleagues, the…
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Heritage and History – part 1
This is a bit of a mish-mash of a post. I’ve been trying to sort out in my mind what the influences have been on my relationship with heritage, in all its forms. Family and heritage My family are deeply committed to heritage, especially to heritage railways and the preservation of the age of steam.…
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Field Trip
Over the last couple of weeks, I have started my series of church building visits. Before I write them up, I thought I would write a little bit about what I am looking for. My main aim is to see what the building says about Christianity in its presentation. These are the questions I am…
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Visiting churches
Most people who have heard me talk about church buildings will know that I’m not a big fan of them, at least, not in the way people expect a vicar to be. I do not generally enjoy visiting church buildings. Over the years, many congregation members have assumed that I (and presumably every other member…
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Knitting project round-up September 2023
Shall we just say that the last two years of knitting projects were appropriately recorded elsewhere? Let’s do a round-up of the currently active projects. Rainbow socks These were started back in February and were my Synod knitting for the big LLF debates. They have moved very slowly, although have accompanied me everywhere I went…
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Apologetic Buildings – Introduction
Think about the last time you walked into a church building: not your own church building, but one that was new to you. What did you notice? What information was there for you to read or listen to? What did you learn? My guess is that you learned something about the significance and history of…