Comments for moreaboutless.org http://moreaboutless.org A community blog of St James the Less, Leith Thu, 09 Sep 2010 18:21:04 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.6.3 Comment on Remember that thou art dust by stjames http://moreaboutless.org/?p=218#comment-91 stjames Sun, 21 Feb 2010 21:39:10 +0000 http://moreaboutless.org/?p=218#comment-91 I've been reflecting on the fact that we literally receive the Mark of Death. Christ calls us to die to self, so it's not just a reminder of one-day-in-the-future, but a challenge for today. As St Paul says, "I no longer live but Christ lives in me". So, while the secular world sees death as failure, the Christian sees it as nothing less than the Way to New Life. This dying to self is extended in the 40 days of Lent into a stripping away of all the ego-stuff of "I WANT/I FEEL/I NEED", back to the underlying "I". We sit stripped naked in the wasteland of the spirit and gaze, in a place beyond words, on the desolation. Here we encounter ouselves at a deeper level and come to know that even if we find our spiritual life is dry and empty God IS the desert in which we find ourselves. Lent is not for the faint hearted. Who says Christianity is a crutch?! James S I’ve been reflecting on the fact that we literally receive the Mark of Death.

Christ calls us to die to self, so it’s not just a reminder of one-day-in-the-future, but a challenge for today.
As St Paul says, “I no longer live but Christ lives in me”. So, while the secular world sees death as failure, the Christian sees it as nothing less than the Way to New Life.

This dying to self is extended in the 40 days of Lent into a stripping away of all the ego-stuff of “I WANT/I FEEL/I NEED”, back to the underlying “I”. We sit stripped naked in the wasteland of the spirit and gaze, in a place beyond words, on the desolation. Here we encounter ouselves at a deeper level and come to know that even if we find our spiritual life is dry and empty God IS the desert in which we find ourselves.

Lent is not for the faint hearted.
Who says Christianity is a crutch?!

James S

]]> Comment on Overcoming in Christ by stjames http://moreaboutless.org/?p=212#comment-90 stjames Tue, 05 Jan 2010 16:05:25 +0000 http://moreaboutless.org/?p=212#comment-90 Lectionary for Christmas 2 was: Jeremiah 31:7-14 (see espec verses 12+13 Ps 147:13-21 Ephesian 1.3-14 (great stuff!) John 1.1-18 (alternative translation in verse 5 is that "the darkness has not overcome the light"!) james x Lectionary for Christmas 2 was:
Jeremiah 31:7-14 (see espec verses 12+13
Ps 147:13-21
Ephesian 1.3-14 (great stuff!)
John 1.1-18 (alternative translation in verse 5 is that “the darkness has not overcome the light”!)

james x

]]> Comment on Preparing the Way - Advent 09 by stjames http://moreaboutless.org/?p=192#comment-89 stjames Thu, 17 Dec 2009 18:13:59 +0000 http://moreaboutless.org/?p=192#comment-89 Do you have any idea how long it took to paint those "table cloths"?! Hahaha Life is transitory, and that's part of the joy of creativity - seeing the NEW thing being done. James Do you have any idea how long it took to paint those “table cloths”?! Hahaha
Life is transitory, and that’s part of the joy of creativity - seeing the NEW thing being done.
James

]]> Comment on Autumn Colours by stjames http://moreaboutless.org/?p=189#comment-88 stjames Mon, 02 Nov 2009 20:27:21 +0000 http://moreaboutless.org/?p=189#comment-88 It's a good one this year. Thanks. Duncan It’s a good one this year. Thanks. Duncan

]]> Comment on Vestry Away Day by Duncan http://moreaboutless.org/?p=154#comment-86 Duncan Tue, 06 Oct 2009 22:48:51 +0000 http://moreaboutless.org/?p=154#comment-86 Thanks for posting. Thanks for posting.

]]> Comment on Vestry Away Day by Duncan http://moreaboutless.org/?p=168#comment-85 Duncan Tue, 06 Oct 2009 22:32:10 +0000 http://moreaboutless.org/?p=168#comment-85 Thanks to Margaret for these pics. They proved quite tricky to tidy up. Note to others planning to post pictures: 1. crop your pictures so they are already square before you begin, so the automatic cropper doesn't mangle them. 2. use the 'add media' button. Upload your pictures one by one, and notice the number next to the word 'gallery' indicating how many you have uploaded. (These are just uploaded to the server - but have not yet been added to the post itself.) 3. Click on 'gallery' to see a list of your uploaded pictures. 4. For each picture you can expand its fields and add a caption. 5. Then, when your have done this, simply insert the gallery whole into your post. It's easier than fiddling around with the HTML trying to get your pictures where you want them. 6. Remember to click publish to make your post live. Whew! Too clever by half... (It, not me!) Thanks to Margaret for these pics. They proved quite tricky to tidy up. Note to others planning to post pictures: 1. crop your pictures so they are already square before you begin, so the automatic cropper doesn’t mangle them. 2. use the ‘add media’ button. Upload your pictures one by one, and notice the number next to the word ‘gallery’ indicating how many you have uploaded. (These are just uploaded to the server - but have not yet been added to the post itself.) 3. Click on ‘gallery’ to see a list of your uploaded pictures. 4. For each picture you can expand its fields and add a caption. 5. Then, when your have done this, simply insert the gallery whole into your post. It’s easier than fiddling around with the HTML trying to get your pictures where you want them. 6. Remember to click publish to make your post live. Whew! Too clever by half… (It, not me!)

]]> Comment on Spreading the word by Duncan http://moreaboutless.org/?p=124#comment-43 Duncan Thu, 20 Aug 2009 13:53:06 +0000 http://moreaboutless.org/?p=124#comment-43 Perhaps we could nail the pews to the ceiling, and fill them with tailor's dummies? And then find a theological justification for it! Advent? No... Easter? No... ...tricky one. Perhaps we could nail the pews to the ceiling, and fill them with tailor’s dummies?

And then find a theological justification for it!

Advent? No…
Easter? No…
…tricky one.

]]> Comment on Spreading the word by stjames http://moreaboutless.org/?p=124#comment-42 stjames Wed, 19 Aug 2009 23:12:12 +0000 http://moreaboutless.org/?p=124#comment-42 Joke ! Joke !

]]> Comment on Spreading the word by stjames http://moreaboutless.org/?p=124#comment-41 stjames Wed, 19 Aug 2009 23:11:42 +0000 http://moreaboutless.org/?p=124#comment-41 Do you think we should get pews? Do you think we should get pews?

]]> Comment on Farewell to Laura by David Hoy http://moreaboutless.org/?p=86#comment-39 David Hoy Wed, 19 Aug 2009 20:11:48 +0000 http://moreaboutless.org/?p=86#comment-39 Just wanted to share Maragaret's sentiments, we certainly do wish God's rich blessing on Laura's new life in London. Just wanted to share Maragaret’s sentiments, we certainly do wish God’s rich blessing on Laura’s new life in London.

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