50 favourite words

http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/magazine/7659954.stm

 

Setting Sail

Having been to a frustrating meeting discussing how we discuss mission, I found the following very profound.  (Hat tip to Mark Berry for this):

Twenty years from now you will be more disappointed by the things that you didn’t do than by the ones you did do. So throw off the bowlines. Sail away from the safe harbor. Catch the trade winds in your sails. Explore. Dream. Discover.

 

How long could you survive?

How long could you survive in the vacuum of space?

Apparently I would last:

 

Costly mistakes

What has been your costliest mistake?

A rare Chinese vase worth £50,000 lost more than half its value after its owners drilled a hole in the base and turned it into a lamp, an auctioneer has said. What has been your most expensive mistake?

The 250-year-old Chinese porcelain is expected to fetch £20,000 when it goes under the hammer in Dorset.

Similar vases have sold for £50,000 and experts says that if its matching pair had not been lost the two undamaged vases would have been worth up to £250,000.

The family did not realise the value of the item and drilled a hole in it to turn it into a lamp which was used in their home for 40 years.

This was an article on the BBC website, and it made me smile.  What has been your costliest mistake?

I was trying to think of mine. 

I crashed my car, but that was someone else’s fault (even the insurance agent agreed.) 

I cut my friend’s hair once.  We were only about 4 at the time – but I was not allowed to see her again, as I was apparently a bad influence.

I guess neither of these were a mistake though.

Any ideas…?

 

Fictional reality

In a week where propaganderists have been salivating over Gordon Brown’s delightful decision to align his character to Bronte’s Heathcliff, I have been pondering the paralleling of reality and fiction.

The BBC website notes:

For fiction allows us to try someone else’s life on for size. And sometimes the fit is all too comfortable.

So – is this a good thing?

Can fiction parallel reality well?

Or is it merely escapism?

Are the pop-psychological questions helpful ways of engaging with your personality?  Or a tedious waste of time?

And most importantly: which romantic hero would you want to be and why?

 

Shh. It’s a secret

Secrecy and storytelling…

http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/entertainment/7490639.stm

 

Doctor Who Spoof

Some friends of mine have made the following: Worm of Gagrapeth.  Enjoy!

 

 

Prayer Stations Resource.

Here is a brilliant example of prayer stations and alternative worship.

If you would like the Circuit Resource (as used at Central over Holy Week), then leave a comment and we will find a way to let you have some of the concept documents.

 

Pottering

I love this article on the BBC website proclaiming the joys of pottering.

What does postmodern pottering look like?

What might it look like for workaholics?

Maybe there is a course to be written on the joys of pottering….

 

Human Kind

What is it to be HumanKind?