Deep hearts hollow and low Cradling within an emptiness a heaviness a gravity, a weight, the bottom echo hollow Giant marbles on a wooden floor banging together not sensible people holding hearts a pendulous echo God listening, just listening. Christina spoke this morning on Job 3 and about pain relating in particular to the apparent [...]
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Pick the meat from the bones (or vice versa)
Somewhat disassociated with the previous post (kind of, kind of not) was that on Sunday evening we had a guy come speak to the youth/young adults at our church. To be honest, I wasn’t really very impressed. Yes he said some good stuff, but I don’t understand and it disturbs me when what someone is [...]
Posted by Rebecca Matheson on July 22, 2008
http://allsaidanddone.com/2008/07/22/pick-the-meat-from-the-bones-or-vice-versa/
It pisses me off when…
…the speaker/preacher makes a hand motion for the guitarist (or other musical person) to continue playing softly in the background while they pray. If that’s NOT emotional manipulation or the more gentle explanation of mood managing, then why not keep playing through the announcements! Oh the realisation! You can pray without a backing track AND [...]
Posted by Rebecca Matheson on July 21, 2008
http://allsaidanddone.com/2008/07/21/it-pisses-me-off-when/
Changes
I haven’t mentioned them previously due to either uncertainty or confidentiality but there have been some pretty significant changes going on. In two weeks Geoff finishes up where he’s worked for the last three years for a new job – closer to what he originally wanted to do with IT. It’s been a slow and [...]
Posted by Rebecca Matheson on May 24, 2008
http://allsaidanddone.com/2008/05/24/changes/
Church our saviour
The busy front must recognise the homework, the housework, the social inevitables, the tedious hunt for a new couch. The heart must recognise the crappy situations going on in Burma and China. The fingers must recognise a lack of touch to keys a small apology and the brain is simply flying around like a ninny [...]
Posted by Rebecca Matheson on May 18, 2008
http://allsaidanddone.com/2008/05/18/church-our-saviour/
