tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-170814845771372625.post6902416609945730683..comments2024-02-08T10:33:22.915+13:00Comments on Available Light: A Sensible FaithKelvin Wrighthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16682322819567886400noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-170814845771372625.post-28161238530242300322009-05-02T17:22:00.000+12:002009-05-02T17:22:00.000+12:00Hey Kelvin, can we have a fountain for St John's f...Hey Kelvin, can we have a fountain for St John's font? Can we? What a great souvenir that would be from your trip! Maybe keep your eyes peeled while you are on the Camino - maybe start looking in the last 100kms or so (wouldn't want Clemency to feel too overburdened) - if you see a likely looking one, just chuck it in the panniers of that Norton, eh?<br />Good hunting....<br />Jo FAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-170814845771372625.post-64455199164842071192009-05-01T18:16:00.000+12:002009-05-01T18:16:00.000+12:00Spartan surroundings have their place, and I can q...Spartan surroundings have their place, and I can quite understand the wisdom of Zen practice: meditating facing a blank white wall. And many of the over decorated Italian churches would be distracting for me as places of worship, to put it mildly. Also, I have been in some elaborate Protestant buildings here, Bern Munster for example. It's not the decoration or lack thereof, it's something a bit deeper: the realisation that the church and its furnishings have a role in worship that is not rational and probably not entirely conscious. It's about a sense of place, and the realisation that the Gospel comes to us in ways that are not rational, in addition of course, to our rational appreciation of Gospel truth. For example, he frescoes in Florence's Duomo give a wonderful sense of the transcendent but I wish someone had had a good think about them before committing dye to plasterKelvin Wrighthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16682322819567886400noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-170814845771372625.post-32389033594668962472009-05-01T10:37:00.000+12:002009-05-01T10:37:00.000+12:00Perchance you may visit a Cistercian monastery, Ke...Perchance you may visit a Cistercian monastery, Kelvin ... recently I made my first visit to Kopua and was struck by how 'Protestant' it was in the simplicity and starkness of its chapel fabric and furnishings (I felt quite at home :) ) and yet, of course, was thoroughly Catholic in its liturgy. The blend reminded me of ... true Anglicanism ...Peter Carrellhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09535218286799156659noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-170814845771372625.post-64900928479881653102009-04-30T10:56:00.000+12:002009-04-30T10:56:00.000+12:00I had similar feelings this week last year when I ...I had similar feelings this week last year when I was in St Gallen (North east Switzerland) and visited in quick succession the Evangelische Kirche and the Catholic Cathedral which are almost opposite. Having grown up an evangelical (Sydney Diocese???) and moved to anglo-catholicism via working in Catholic Schools, I did feel more spiritual uplift in the Catholic Cathedral even if it was a bit over the top.Brian Rhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10802352695666737088noreply@blogger.com