It's nice not to hurry...

If you find the writing too small, you can click on the page to get a larger version.

I think the key statement here is, "It's nice not to hurry."

Saying that, it is time now to stop blogging and hurry off to work. Oh the irony of it all.

Hunt & Darton Cafe - Café Art!

We have an Art Café openned 3 or 4 doors from the shop - for just 4 weeks.

The idea of 'Art', I was going to say 'not quite traditional', but then, who can define Art for another perceiver?

The two ladies 'running the scheme' dress in Pineapple print dresses, each wearing a Pineapple Top on their heads. they have a London 2012 grant to open the café, which is touring the UK, hence being in Cambridge just 4 weeks. Their daily balance sheet is 'Artistically' displayed on the large wall chalkboard, when I was in several folk were engaged in Napkin Art. The 'Blurb' says your receipt will be artistic too, but I was not offered one.

One waitress was on a break, or maybe peforming, whilst I was in there - she sat manikin like, legs crossed, in an artistic pose, topped off with her pineapple headgear, in the window - maybe hoping to attract the attention and intrigue of passersby.

Still, it is pretty zaney, I wonder what they will be doing with pictures taken on disposable cameras. Intruige will bring me back, and of course the very friendly chatty atmosphere encouraged. I will, no doubt, report more...

Read more about this artistic enterprise either in Cambridge News or on their Facebook Page

Hand Written Letters

In this technological age, letter writing by hand is fast disappearing.

I spoke to a 20 year old last week who claims NEVER to have written or received a hand written letter! Emails and Texts all the time, but she thought it must be something rather special to receive a personal letter through the post penned by hand.

When did you last send a letter, not an occasion card - birthday, anniversary etc.?

I love both sending and receiving letters, sadly for every 10 I send I maybe receive one in reply :(

I have used this picture to be the first of hopefully a year long series in the 365 Project.



Letter Writing - Page 3

From the Psalms...

Trying my hand at some basic calligraphy.

Looked a bit plain, so I added colour.

Neglecte & Deeds

I seem to have neglected this for some time, like so many things we start with enthusiasm - then they take a meandering walk to the back of our minds, and fall into some convenient hole.

Faith can be like that so often, unless we ask God to keep his Holy Spirit living in our hearts, keep feeding from the scriptures, worshipping and praying - even when we feel grumpy and off - our faith can slip down into a crevice hidden from sight.

At cluster tonight we were talking about christian deeds in our lives, and started to trot out the lists of stuff we can do. But unless the deed comes from our heart, and not the fact we discussed and decided it was good to do, we won't hit the mark with God.

Jeremiah & the Bullet Proof Vest...

This mornings Explore took me into the depths of Jeremiah.
1:5
Before I formed you in the womb, I knew you,
Before you were born I set you apart;
I appointed you as a prophet to the nations.

Jeremiah was an ordinary bloke, yet God knew him before he was concieved, and had set J apart for his ministry for God.
Likewise, God knew us way before our parents thunk us up.

And then, Jeremiah 1:17 - 19,
as they mentioned in the study notes - "God is better than a bullet proof vest."
"Get yourself ready! Stand up and say to them whatever I command you. Do not be teriffied by them, or I will terrify you before them....."
"They will fight against you, but will not overcome you, for I am with you and will rescue you," declares the Lord.

Recently I did a reading from Daniel Chapter 2. What struck me was Daniels spontanious praise when God revealed King Nebukahneza's dream.
Walking home from a meeting recently the lady I was with was struck by the sheer beauty of a Full Moon. Stopped in her tracks, spontaniously praising God.

I include myself saying we take our surroundings far too much for granted - forgetting to praise God for what he has done for us.

Trees

The random twistings and turnings of branches particularly appeal to me.

This randomness has been around for so much longer than the order and straight lines man has created.

God has been around longer than the random trees too, infact he created them.