At college yesterday guest speaker at worship was Dominic Smart - who I haven't heard speak for many years. He spoke on Ecclesiastes 3:1-8 the famous "a time for...." passage. He spoke about the extremes in each verse being a literary device, meaning encompasing all in between - not focusing our attention to the margins of excperience only. Then he contrasted contemporary 'management' and 'success' culture with the widsom of living a life responsive to God and all he brings us, whether it causes rejoicing or weeping etc. This he reckoned was the recipie for the preservation of sanity in Christian ministry. This is all impressive stuff - but what was equally so, was that I haven't spoken to him for a decade, but not only did he remember my name but also what we spoke about. This is stuff to emulate!
That Hideous Man posts his rather dull thoughts here. Watch this space, or indeed, go somewhere else.
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