national quaker week

i came across this article in the guardian yesterday, riazzat butt tries out a quaker service being unused to silence...

The passing roar of traffic becomes a distant soundtrack. As the trivia pours out of my brain and on to the carpet, the sensation of silence becomes a luxury. My head, feeling heavier, droops and my shoulders fall. Watching the little hand move around the clock face, I realise I have never knowingly been so quiet, for so long, while awake. The hour ends, people shake hands and either make small talk or leave. It was like yoga without the movement.

http://www.guardian.co.uk/g2/story/0,,2175616,00.html

significant comma?

i was at greenbelt again this year and wanted to share a bit from the sermon at the sunday morning communion service, the sermon was given by ann morisy. she said that when we say the creed there is a very significant comma and that perhaps we should pause when we get to that comma. the comma she meant was the one in the phrase below:

born of the Virgin Mary, suffered under Pontius Pilate

her point was that this comma encompasses the whole of jesus' life on earth from the time of his birth to the time of his death and that perhaps we should not pass over it so quickly, there may be things we should learn from how jesus lived...

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