Author: artsyhonker

Stuck in the middle with You

Byartsyhonker November 16, 2011 7 Comments
Various folks have blogged on David Cameron's favourite Bible passage, and the comments that this is the "central message" of the Bible. I did enjoy Archdruid Eileen's viewpoint. I suppose it isn't a definitive answer, but apparently someone asked Jesus what the central message of the Bible is. Or at least, the greatest commandment.I shouldn't like to argue.

I hate cancelled services…

Byartsyhonker October 28, 2011 0 Comments
...so we are still going to have Evensong at St Paul's-in-the-Camp this evening.I have no wish to compete with the cathedral, but I also don't want anyone turning up thinking there is a service and then finding out there isn't one. That has happened to me so many times, in so many contexts, that I can't bring myself to take the risk of it happening to someone else.I do plan to attend the Evensong...

Friday Evensong at St Paul’s-in-the-Camp, 6.15 for 6.30pm.

Byartsyhonker October 27, 2011 3 Comments
EDIT, FRIDAY AFTERNOON: It turns out St Paul's are having Evensong tonight after all, but didn't tell anyone about it until late morning. While I don't wish to compete with them, I think we should go ahead and have Evensong outside anyway.END OF EDITOn Friday we will have Evensong outside St Paul's. While the Cathedral has said they will be open for worship, I don't believe they are having...

Wednesday: St Paul’s-in-the-Camp Flashmob Evensong

Byartsyhonker October 25, 2011 3 Comments
On Wednesday we will have Evensong outside St Paul's -- unless the cathedral has opened for worship again, of course, in which case we may as well join them inside.Meet at 5pm for 5.15; outside M&S seems to be a reasonable place for it, although we may need to move (especially if there are enough of us to obstruct the walkway).You can print a copy of the liturgy from here ON THE DAY or from...

St Paul’s Evensong at OccupyLSX

Byartsyhonker October 23, 2011 7 Comments
I didn't think, when I got up this morning, that I would somehow wind up leading a BCP Evensong at St Paul's Cathedral.The cathedral has had Occupy LSX, a protest camp, on their doorstep for the past week. Last weekend the Canon Chancellor, Revd Dr Giles Fraser, told the police to leave the protesters alone. As the week has worn on and the tents have stayed up, the cathedral has been operating on...

By Popular Request: Gin Sandwich recipes

Byartsyhonker October 21, 2011 6 Comments
A while ago on Twitter, in one of those conversations that sometimes happens when I ought to be practising or tidying or some such thing, there was discussion of gin, and taking gin on trains, and so on. In the way of such things it got rather whimsical and somehow, I'm not sure how, ideas for gin sandwiches came up.I'm pleased to say I have now tried two of the ideas, and they worked...

Metrical Psalms for Advent

Byartsyhonker October 19, 2011 1 Comment
I want to encourage the use of psalms in liturgy. To this end I have committed to compiling a small booklet of metrical psalms for use this coming Advent (Year B). As with everything else I publish I will release the work under a CC BY-SA licence so that other people can use it, free of charge, without having to bother me for permission.I aim to have two settings of each of the psalms for the...

A bit about why I use the CC licenses I do.

Byartsyhonker October 15, 2011 6 Comments
When I write music I release it under a Creative Commons license. I usually use a CC BY-SA license, known as Attribution-ShareAlike. This means people can use it, without first asking me, as long as they give me attribution and any derivative works they make are shared under a similar license. If I am using CC BY-SA then they are free to earn money for derivative works, but since they have to...

Who do you say that I am?

Byartsyhonker September 21, 2011 2 Comments
Who is considered "Christian"? Why do any of us care? Edward Green wrote an interesting post about the UCCF's Doctrinal Basis, a sort of pseudo-creed which it seems is sometimes used as a litmus test of who is "in" and who is not at university Christian Unions. Revd Green rightly points out that even the Catechism of the Catholic Church has a broader remit than that, stating that “All who have...