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Merry Christmas in Sand

Posted in Faith, tagged , , , , , , on 24 December, 2010| 2 Comments »

Wishing you all God’s blessings for this Christmas and for 2011. Here’s a sand art clip telling the Christmas story, to complement the Passion one I posted at Easter.

He will be great and will be called the son of the Most High.

Luke 1v32

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The Light of the World

Posted in Faith, tagged , , , , , , , , , , on 14 December, 2010| 1 Comment »

Just came across this lovely new video clip of  the Christmas story, taken from the most excellent Jesus Storybook Bible. I do hope this means that there are plans afoot to animate the whole thing.

[HT Justin Taylor]

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Unto Us a Child is Born: Seeing the Words

Posted in Fun, Vicarage, tagged , , , , , , , , on 6 December, 2010| 1 Comment »

Following up from watching lots of Handel’s Hallelujah chorus in the form of flash mob YouTube clips over the last couple of weeks, the Vicar nabbed a couple of Messiah clips to encourage folk in church this Sunday. Here is the one that’s not the Hallelujah Chorus – For Unto Us a Child is Born, set to kinetic typography, which helps you to meditate on the words as well as the marvellous music.

Happy Monday. Ours will be mainly spent phoning plumbers (frozen and burst pipes around the Vicarage) and sourcing extra warmth in the form of memory foam topper and electric blanket for Rocky the Vicar’s Apprentice, who has been so cold in the attic that his asthma has been playing up. He sees this as a part of his training for future ministry…

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Advent Cheer

Posted in Faith, Fun, tagged , , , , , , , , on 29 November, 2010| 3 Comments »

Advent has begun and with it our annual attempt to learn the whole of Matthew’s genealogy of Jesus off by heart. This is not quite as difficult as it sounds, as we have been aided by Andrew Peterson’s excellent song, found on his wonderful Christmas album ‘Behold the Lamb’ (only £4.99 at Crossrhythms). I think we now have about 85% of it nailed. This year I want us to get past Eliakim.

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World Toilet Day – Come Celebrate with Me!

Posted in Water, tagged , , , , , , , , , on 18 November, 2010| 4 Comments »

If you’re a regular visitor here at the Vicarage, you probably know that back in those hazy days before children and keeping warm loomed large in my day, I used to design sewage works (among other things water-related). One of the odder hang-overs from those days is that I still often notice sewage works as I’m driving around, and especially if I travel by train (railways often follow rivers and that’s where many sewage works are located).

Thanks to Twitter, I’ve discovered that tomorrow, 19th November, is not only BBC Children in Need day, but has also been designated ‘World Toilet Day’. So my kids are going to school in spotty hankies tomorrow. But for today, here is Dancing in the Loo.

And why not play Flush Tracker and work out where things go after you flush. And think about donating for toilets in places where people don’t have the opportunity to flush…

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Hallelujah in a Modern Church

Posted in Faith, Fun, tagged , , , , , , , , on 8 November, 2010| 5 Comments »

Do you ever think that shopping centres are modern day cathedrals? The Vicar was a structural engineer in his previous life, so is always interested in buildings. If you look up inside a shopping centre (not usually outside, which is so often like a tin shed), you sometimes feel a glimpse of that awe that comes when you glance aloft in a cathedral, or even a parish church. Sadly, the majesty of the Bullring, or Meadowhall, is a reflection of what we value in our culture.

So I loved this YouTube clip that puts God’s word magnificently in a cathedral-like department store. Although scripture is masquerading as ‘culture’ here. Perhaps we should all be doing this with our congregations – go and mingle with a crowd and then sing a favourite hymn!  I know that some shopping centres have Christmas carols, but perhaps we could think outside the box. This was done on 30th October, so definitely too early for Christmas carols.

HT John Richardson

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Bible in a Minute

Posted in Faith, Fun, tagged , , , , , , , on 15 September, 2010| Leave a Comment »

I saw the original YouTube clip for this a while back, but here it’s been brilliantly set to a kinetic typography animation. An excellent bible summary in less than a minute – what are you waiting for?

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A Very Short Sermon – the best type?

Posted in Faith, Fun, tagged , , , , , , , , , on 19 August, 2010| 4 Comments »

This lady’s summary of the gospel made me smile the other day – and only 1 minute 43 seconds! I wonder if there’s a British equivalent?

She’s called Tamara Lowe, from Christ Fellowship, a church in Palm Beach.

[HT Debbie Andrew via Facebook]

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What Goes Through Your Mind in Church

Posted in Church, Fun, tagged , , , , , , , on 12 July, 2010| Leave a Comment »

Well, a small sample of it. Not listed are the additional Vicar’s wife’s concerns of ‘why isn’t so-and-so here?’, ‘has the Vicar remembered to bring his sermon notes?’ and ‘am I on coffee or Sunday school this morning?’

Happy Monday morning all.

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Coalition: Dan & Dan on our New Government

Posted in Fun, Politics, tagged , , , , , , , , , , , on 24 May, 2010| 3 Comments »

Whilst searching for the YouTube link to the Daily Mail song for a friend I came across a new clip by Dan & Dan, entitled Dan/Dan Coalition. Cheer up your Monday morning by watching.

I think I’m Home Secretary in the Vicarage (definitely i/c loo rolls), but thankfully not Chancellor (although responsible for the tax returns…).

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