November 2011
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Beauty of craftsmanship
Jony Ive grew up in Chingford, a town on the northeast edge of London. His father was a silversmith who taught at the local college. “He’s a fantastic craftsman”, Ive recalled. “His Christmas gift to me would be one day of his time in his college worship, during the Christmas break when no one else was there, helping me make whatever I dreamed up”. The only...
Nov 18th
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“A gentleman is someone who can play the banjo and doesn’t.”
– Mark Twain: Huckleberry Finn
Nov 17th
A perfect summation
An observation that seems to sum up the beauty of our faith. “But what the 1611 translators grasped was that hearing the word of God was a lifelong calling that had to be undertaken in the company of other readers and was never something that left us where we started.” Dr. Rowan Williams Guardian 17th November 2011 : The most ‘high and mightie’ joins Bibles 400th...
Nov 17th
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“It’s kind of fun to do the impossible.”
– Walt Disney (SPJ pg.284)
Nov 16th
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Nov 3rd
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It's at times of stress, when you don't read the... →
Love this challenging quote from the resigned St Paul’s canon, Giles Fraser.
Nov 2nd
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“Either we have to pretend that Jesus was just as selfish as we are, or...”
– Stephen Colbert: Commenting on living within a ‘Christian nation’.
Nov 1st