Oh, we're going to Australia...

Sing it if you know it!

Anyways, The Exegesis Fairy would like you to know that she will think of you, in cold, wintry England (and elsewhere) when she is sunning herself on the beach (in a kaftan and a big hat and sunglasses) in Brisbane. And I'm going jet-skiing. It just looks like so much fun, how could you NOT want to?

Oh man, am I looking forward to it.

So yes, my housemate gets the place to himself for a fortnight (well, unless we get our long-promised housemate in the mean time), and I get a lovely holiday with the Better Half. Who is having to do work on this trip, but we can't have everything, I guess.

See you soon!

We remember...

The high points of today's sermon (sorry PJH, I'm stealing them, but I'm sure you don't mind):

The opposites of remember are:

Forget, which we must not do.

Dismember, which is all to common in war, be it bodies dismembered, minds dismembered, or families dismembered by death or injury.

We remember Christ at the Eucharist. We remember how he was dismembered for us, so that, though we were dismembered from God, He will remember us. And we also remember Christ in the Eucharist lest we forget how wonderful and terrible a thing it was that He did for us.

Remembrance Sunday is always a tricky one. We had lots of servicemen and servicewomen, lots of prayers for peace. We remembered all those who died in war, whatever side, fighting or not. I think that's probably a start.

So...Anglican Communion issues, part 392

Uganda has decided that just putting people in prison for having gay sex...well, it's not good enough.

So instead we're going for: criminalising homosexuality, people who practice it, people who talk about it or 'promote' it...yeah.

http://www.amnestyusa.org/document.php?id=ENGUSA20091019001

And the Church of Uganda (part of the Anglican Communion) is backing it.

Oh, and did I mention the death penalty part? No? Allow me to mention the death penalty part.

Pernicious, isn't it? And very reminiscent of

"First they came for the communists, and I did not speak out—because I was not a communist;
Then they came for the socialists, and I did not speak out—because I was not a socialist;
Then they came for the trade unionists, and I did not speak out—because I was not a trade unionist;
Then they came for the Jews, and I did not speak out—because I was not a Jew;
Then they came for me—and there was no one left to speak out for me."

Lord, have mercy.