tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-170814845771372625.post3594769429511896693..comments2024-02-08T10:33:22.915+13:00Comments on Available Light: The Last HoorahKelvin Wrighthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16682322819567886400noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-170814845771372625.post-29252930103446274502009-07-13T10:43:33.610+12:002009-07-13T10:43:33.610+12:00Twenty odd years ago I climbed up the back of Half...Twenty odd years ago I climbed up the back of Half Dome, crawled to the edge and peered down to the valley below. <br /><br />Glad you had a good trip and are now safely home. Peace to you. <br /><br />(And you're right that SFTS is a pretty place too.)Chrishttp://asthedeer.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-170814845771372625.post-76435652072997219672009-07-13T09:55:11.556+12:002009-07-13T09:55:11.556+12:00"To travel hopefully is better than to arrive..."To travel hopefully is better than to arrive" - now I learn that these were the words of 'Tusitala', Robert Louis Stevenson. I wonder if he felt the same when he left 'the Dunedin of the North' and made his home in the South Pacific:<br /><br />Home is the sailor, home form the sea,<br />Home is the hunter, home from the hill.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-170814845771372625.post-30411924881652467892009-07-13T09:44:26.238+12:002009-07-13T09:44:26.238+12:00"To travel hopefully is better than to arrive..."To travel hopefully is better than to arrive"? Er, no. Victorian bromides are only as serviceable as Victorian drains.<br />Of course (off course!), the Latin word 'error' means 'wander (from the path)', and I often reflect that even a small deviation from a given path, once compounded over time and space, will lead to an entirely different destination. Imagine if the navigation system on your plane across the Pacific had been 1 or 2 degrees out: not a problem for twenty minutes or so, but ten hours later a different scenario... Athanasius understood this when he battled for 'homoousion' over against the Arian 'homoiousion' - in this case, an iota's difference makes all the difference in the world, although it took the church all the way from 325 to 381 to grasp this point, and it caused Athanasius himself a lot of grief. If there is a 'faith once delivered' (And I believe there is), we need to live it and teach it 'in season and out' - and speaking of seasons, Canterbury is very sunny now!<br />Every blessing on your return.<br />BrianAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-170814845771372625.post-9199033328130568062009-07-13T07:16:13.357+12:002009-07-13T07:16:13.357+12:00Welcome back!Welcome back!Peter Carrellhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09535218286799156659noreply@blogger.com