Monthly Archives: November 2013

Sarum Calendar

Sarum Ordo 2014 PDF file to be opened with Adobe Acrobat I haven’t always published the Sarum calendar here, but here is the one that begins on the first Sunday of Advent (1st December 2013) and ends on Sunday 30th … Continue reading

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Quantum Physics Proves Afterlife

I don’t know what to think, not being a scientist, but this news article pointed me to the website of Dr Robert Lanza on Biocentrism. Here is Lanzo’s introduction to his subject. What seems to be the issue is that … Continue reading

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Ransomware

A relatively new alarm has been sounded – ransomware. You open an e-mail purporting to be from a legitimate company, and a virus self-runs. It encrypts your files and offers you the possibility of buying the code to decrypt them. … Continue reading

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Jib on a Gaff Rig

Another nautical theme came into my search box. I have already written on the gaff rig in several posts. This one concerns the jib in the precise context of the gaff rig. You don’t strictly need the jib on a … Continue reading

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Anglican Catholic Broadness

Fr Jonathan Munn has written some fine reflections on his recent experience at our recent ACC Provincial Synod. Broad Birettas and Canterbury Caps is not an article about clerical dress, sacerdotal boulevardiers or curés de salon – but about our … Continue reading

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The Boulevardier

A couple of days ago, I wrote another musical entry about Joseph Rheinberger, and a comment led me to look at the world of Palm Court and Light music. I suppose I have taken a disdaining attitude to light music … Continue reading

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Absolute Ordinations Revisited

It was in April 2012 that I wrote Absolute ordinations. I write again on this subject since someone has typed a question into my search box asking what “absolute ordinations” are. It’s a very good question. The short answer is that … Continue reading

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Evolution?

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Resilience

I have been meaning to write something on this subject for a while, which is resilience – psychological or spiritual, call it what you will. It is our ability to cope with adversity. One thing I admire about the people … Continue reading

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Offertory Prayers “Reprint”

Here’s an old article on the offertory prayers I originally wrote for the Anglo-Catholic blog in its heyday. Link. Given the date (January 2010), I was writing in view to speculating what kind of liturgy would be used in the … Continue reading

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