Arrival at the Duck Pond

This morning's heretical thought:
"The Old Testament is nothing more than the context for the Incarnation."
I'm not supposed to think that, so I'll stop. I do like standing for the Gospel though.

Meanwhile, discussed ducks with Derek & his mate & Lynn over lunch. Then a painful trip to the dentist. Painful because of the price (amusingly, two-thirty) - where did the NHS go?

Then a drive to Lindley to a flat owned by my sister-in-law Clare.
Listened to an Unbelievable podcast on Intelligent Design in the car. It's more believable than I thought but I still don't buy it.

Found a Christianity magazine that I stole from St Andrew's. Apparently Shane Hipps (Teaching Pastor at Rob Bell's church) has a book out called "Flickering Pixels: How technology shapes your faith" - which I really must read.

Finally got down to some reading. Brought 3 books - 2xTom Wright + Keith Ward "The Living God", with which I started.
2nd person this week that I've heard start from a profound experience of the presence of God which changed and shaped them.
Talks about how Michelangelo and Blake have given us misleading pictures of God - wonder if that's what Shane says?
Ward quotes Plato: "Time is the moving image of eternity." - I needed that quote when I was at college 9 years ago. Plato is great, but he won't win the Touring Cars this year if he keeps whinging about the Honda Civics.
Ward says, "the whole of space and time is the finite image of the infinite God." - which I suppose is a theological version of the Holographic Universe. But what do I know? It just took me 15 minutes to open a bottle of Merlot. Next time I'll listen to Lynn when she suggests getting one with a screw top.


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Location:Lindley Duck Pond