Angels and Announcements
Greenbelt was (for me) a fab four days; my personal highlights were Duke Special, Dave Perry and Lucy Winkett.
It was also very wonderful and heartwarming to find the Big Top very full of people for my talk which was based around themes from the new book; thanks to everyone who came along! and for the great questions afterwards, which gave me plenty more to think about as I left… and to the wonderful Tim who bought me lunch later. If you weren’t there, my talk is here
The only downside was that (for reasons I know not) the books never arrived! but you can get Beginnings and Endings from Amazon very soon.
Greenbelt really is amazing. A place of hope in every way. Book in for next year right away…
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Maggi has kept a blog since September 2003, writing about theology and faith, the arts and literature, and a little about life and random nonsense...
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sounds fun! and useful … I sometimes wonder though that if I stop I’ll fall off …
Happy Summer
I would read the book but I think the title may be enough. It’s like the time management book called, ‘If you’ve got time to read this you haven’t got the problem.’
Thank you for mentioning this book. I will add it to my list. I’m reading through a stack of books slowly.
Sounds wonderful! I’m reminded of Delia Smith’s advice in “Journey into God” that an essential tool when praying is a timer (drawing inspiration, I suppose, from her day job). It does make it so much easier to relax when you know how much time you’ve got, and that you’ll be reminded when the time is up.