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- 11:42 good morning all, a bit belatedly #
- 15:53 A6ter gym at Hayward Gallery but it is mobbed #
- 19:14 @fj : join the mouse-infested club. surprised they'd go for protein tho--perhaps the bag is starch plastic... #
- 19:15 Went to the White Cube Masons Yard saw the Chapmans' "Fucking Hell" replacement for "Hell" that got burned up a few years ago. Weird. #
- 20:49 continuing to read "A Bishop's Daughter" by Honor Moore, Bishop Moore of NY's daughter. Gripping. #
- 20:49 @urbanbohemian : next you'll be trying to pack chocolates off a conveyor belt with your sidekick, Ethel. #
Jun. 1st, 2008
Today's Episcopal URL
Jun. 1st, 2008 04:54 pm...is the Age's report on the consecration of Bishop Barbara Darling, the second Australian woman bishop in the Anglican Church.
I especially enjoyed these three paragraphs:
At the start of the service, Canon Darling — renowned for her calm poise and gentle tone — wore purple, but after the oaths she retired to don the same ecclesiastical garb as the other bishops.
She returned for the laying on of hands, an ancient ceremony symbolising the blessing of the Holy Spirit. Then came the presentation of her new tools of the trade: a Bible (though she already has several), a shepherd's crook, a bishop's ring and cross, and cope (robe), mitre (bishop's tall hat) and stole (long scarf).
These garments arrived from Wimple's, the famous London ecclesiastical outfitter, on Monday and were partly funded by a gift of $8500 from Melbourne parishioners.
First, I would think that Wimple's might be a chi-chi nun's habit outfitter, and suppose they meant Wippell's, where bishops-to-be from all the world over come to admire purple birettas in glass boxes in the foyer.
Second, I am enormously heartened by the news that Bishop Darling actually owns a couple of Bibles and is not encountering one for the first time at her episcopal consecration. One would assume that possessing Bibles is something that most clergy would be likely to do. However, when you become a bishop and get another one to put on the shelf, perhaps it's a good idea to crack it open occasionally.
I especially enjoyed these three paragraphs:
At the start of the service, Canon Darling — renowned for her calm poise and gentle tone — wore purple, but after the oaths she retired to don the same ecclesiastical garb as the other bishops.
She returned for the laying on of hands, an ancient ceremony symbolising the blessing of the Holy Spirit. Then came the presentation of her new tools of the trade: a Bible (though she already has several), a shepherd's crook, a bishop's ring and cross, and cope (robe), mitre (bishop's tall hat) and stole (long scarf).
These garments arrived from Wimple's, the famous London ecclesiastical outfitter, on Monday and were partly funded by a gift of $8500 from Melbourne parishioners.
First, I would think that Wimple's might be a chi-chi nun's habit outfitter, and suppose they meant Wippell's, where bishops-to-be from all the world over come to admire purple birettas in glass boxes in the foyer.
Second, I am enormously heartened by the news that Bishop Darling actually owns a couple of Bibles and is not encountering one for the first time at her episcopal consecration. One would assume that possessing Bibles is something that most clergy would be likely to do. However, when you become a bishop and get another one to put on the shelf, perhaps it's a good idea to crack it open occasionally.
Today's Worship URL
Jun. 1st, 2008 05:02 pmI am not a Goth, nor do I play one in cyberspace. But after the brutal murder of Sophie Lancaster in November 2007, a Goth woman (for which murder the perpetrators recently got life in prison) it seems that a worship space for Goth people is a good idea whose time has come. The most interesting part of this is that the worship space, St. Hilda's, is in Second Life. What an imaginative way to get people who often feel neglected and shunned into a worship space, cyber though it be! I am really pleased and hope that St. Hilda's thrives.