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A holy fabric ... some of the perfectionists wouldn't see it as a collection of boobs ... then word does have variance as in motifs ... these are narratives that go on and on ...

Our minister spoke on symbols this morning like Pepsi's presentation of the "yin" and "yan" just to allow digestion from the stuff that is in peps IHC acid ...
 
Seeler said:
Carolla, while I was still knitting, if I found an error in an article I was working on, and it was too far back for me to simply unravel, pick up stitches, and redo, I woould take it over to my neighbour. I ddon't know if she had ever taken a course or attended a workshop but she could go back and pick up a single stitch from half way down a sweateer and, using a crochet hook, work that stitch right up to my needles. Great neighbour!
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That was one of the arts we learned yesterday Seeler! Went home & practiced, so I'll be reasonably good at it next time I encounter need to use it on a project.
 
Pr. Jae said:
However could you equate mistakes with love? Surely love would strive to avoid making mistakes. Love can be seen in someone who forgives mistakes made.
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Yesterday, I heard ... In some cultures (Aboriginal weavers & basket makers, Eastern rug makers) the craftsperson will intentionally insert a small error into their work - the belief being that only the divine can create something of perfection & acceptance of errors is a mark of human humility.
 
Carolla said:
Yesterday, I heard ... In some cultures (Aboriginal weavers & basket makers, Eastern rug makers) the craftsperson will intentionally insert a small error into their work - the belief being that only the divine can create something of perfection & acceptance of errors is a mark of human humility.
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It's a core principle of Japanese raku pottery, as well. One takes a perfect cup, for instance, and gives it a little twist on the lip, or inserts a discordant slash onto a surface decoration, before one fires it.
 
Exactly ...

Why asses and donkeys have flaws ...

But some are not aware as a natural flaw of abscondia ... thus it is out there ... in two forms some suggest: one old dowager and one even older than that ... quirks way older than atomic quarks!
 
It's a funny weekend, with people everywhere in our house.
EldestSon arrived home late Thursday, YoungestSon left Friday and will be home soon. Husband was busy with hockey on Friday/Saturday all day.
I had plans for Friday night and Saturday afternoon.
EldestSon has had some studying / refreshing to do, so the hours of having the house empty have been good to combine with the social relaxing time as well.
 
Pinga said:
It's a funny weekend, with people everywhere in our house.
EldestSon arrived home late Thursday, YoungestSon left Friday and will be home soon. Husband was busy with hockey on Friday/Saturday all day.
I had plans for Friday night and Saturday afternoon.
EldestSon has had some studying / refreshing to do, so the hours of having the house empty have been good to combine with the social relaxing time as well.
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Prodigal comings and goings?
 
Well, that wasn't what I expected to start my day doing -- thanks, though @ChemGal for the heads up.
Hope it didn't bother anyone too much that we weren't online last night and this morning.

I was anticipating seeing a friend for lunch today; however, had to set it aside as my car was in need by EldestSon. My plans can be rescheduled.

It's windy here in S. Ont. It looks nice; however, it is actually quite cool.
 
Waterford, looked to be promising a storm a few hours ago.

Foreboding black skies. Hard driving snow.

Now it is all sun-shiney and clear.

Bet it has nothing to do with the looming budget.
 
Winter conditions here in NB - after a month of spring-like weather (the first year that I've ever seen the Saint John river completely open and brilliant blue in February - and now, no doubt, it has a thin layer of ice, covered by a foot of snow.

Are we mixed up or not?

Working on my Good Friday service. In almost 30 years of pulpit supply I realize that I have never done a Good Friday service before. I'm thinking of going with selections of scripture from John 18 and 19 interspersed with commentary and reflection, and hymns. Is it customary to have an offering on Good Friday? And a benediction - I've experienced services when people left the scantuary in silence after Jesus was laid in the tomb. I was thinking of a word of reassurance - death was not the end, come back for a joyous celebration on Easter.
 
We never collect an offering on Good Friday.

And I've never once heard a word of reassurance; we always leave in dark, gloomy silence, not even saying a word to our friends until we're out of the building, if at all. My children flatly refused, after exactly one GF service, to go to another.

Yes, it's been a funny day here. Cold.
 
BetteTheRed said:
We never collect an offering on Good Friday.

And I've never once heard a word of reassurance; we always leave in dark, gloomy silence, not even saying a word to our friends until we're out of the building, if at all. My children flatly refused, after exactly one GF service, to go to another.

Yes, it's been a funny day here. Cold.
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We do collect an offering - but we've always made sure to tell visitors that they are our guests and so are not required to give. The mood as we leave tends to be somber, however we do speak quietly with one another. We grieve, and as we grieve together, we seek to comfort one another.
 
@Pinga thanks for getting things back up!

Funny day here, was nice and spring looking when I left my house, shortly on the way I was seeing a fair bit of snow on the ground and started catching a few flakes. It's coming down everywhere now pretty good - typical spring snow though, big, wet flakes not the really cold stuff we get sometimes.

Really really happy to have had this other training appointment. This nurse gave much more detailed instructors before we even did anything. I was much more stressed out about it than most people would think someone would be after doing IVs for about 2 years. Did the needle stick good though - I was worried I would take multiple tries due to chickening out. Pushing was more difficult, resistance felt really high due to nerves. Got the nurse to start pushing for me, that helped a fair bit. Had being staring at the stupid thing for a while before I asked for her assitance though so woosh when the BP. Just slight light headednesses though. I think it seems silly but I was expecting it.

I think I'll be fine to do by myself 2nd time, will have Chemguy nearby just in case. Pain for this is lower than IV I actually found it to be the worst a few minutes after being done.

Long day though due to business at clinic. Had lunch with my sister and I didn't call her until sometimes after 11 and I was still at the clinic, had to drop off boxes of medication at home.
 
As Seeler stated winter again here ... as a negative comment I wouldn't be put put off to leave it all behind ... is that terminal or ongoing?
 
Seeler said:
Is it customary to have an offering on Good Friday?
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Depends upon the community and the liturgist.

I have never included an offering on Good Friday. Why not? Judas and those coins. He used Jesus to get that payday.

True enough, we take up an offering on Sunday and it can be argued that we are using Jesus to get that payday. 30 silver coins to betray a friend are not at all like 30 silver coins to help a friend.

Seeler said:
And a benediction - I've experienced services when people left the scantuary in silence after Jesus was laid in the tomb. I was thinking of a word of reassurance - death was not the end, come back for a joyous celebration on Easter.
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Again, depends upon the community and the liturgist. I still see Good Friday as the opening of the Easter Vigil. It is the only time I will include a confession without an assurance of pardon. Not because I don't believe that the assurance is necessary or unimportant but rather because I think folk need to sit with the confession element a little longer. The assurance of pardon is given on Easter Sunday.

I also don't offer a benediction. Good Friday doesn't really lend itself to such an element. Easter Sunday is the benediction.

Which doesn't make our liturgical quirks proper practice for all.
 
Carolla said:
Yesterday, I heard ... In some cultures (Aboriginal weavers & basket makers, Eastern rug makers) the craftsperson will intentionally insert a small error into their work - the belief being that only the divine can create something of perfection & acceptance of errors is a mark of human humility.
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They don't need to insert errors. They just need to ask for my mother's opinion. She'll find something wrong with it.
 
Perhaps why the Hebrews had the feast of booth and made young people lay under the moon and make basket cases of themselves ... over wee folk that popped up 9 months later ... from a cat that had no recent tail ... thus the cause was forgot ... to suit those in time that wished not to know ... anti-logic? Could be a religion as it would be hard to take ...
 
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