http://www.jandmclark.com helping me work out what I think Thu, 28 Aug 2008 00:54:05 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en Just read Jonny Baker's take on Greenbelt, and was interested to hear about some of the things that I missed. Including the Grace service they did, where they created a 'small in crowd' and a 'larger out crowd' that didn't get special treatment. No surprise that some of ... http://www.jandmclark.com/2008/08/28/end-of-greenbelt/ Continuing the rather random nature of Greenbelt life, here are 3 other things I or we did. Firstly, some ethical shopping, picking up a very nice cotton shirt for me from From the Source. Apparently all their items come from Laos using natural dye techniques. Next up, I listened with Alister and ... http://www.jandmclark.com/2008/08/27/greenbelt-08-part-4/ Time for Sunday's update. After the damp communion service, I stayed swaying to the beat of the Bombay Baja Indian Brass Band as they played in the Arena. Very funky rhythms, and catchy tunes. No wonder they've played all across Europe. I listened to Aradhna play again, this time lying ... http://www.jandmclark.com/2008/08/25/greenbelt-08-part-3/ The most interesting photos of Greenbelt are now available at flickr. http://www.jandmclark.com/2008/08/24/greenbelt-08-most-interesting-photos/ Time to try some more creative stuff with my camera, particularly some long-exposure night shots, with the help of a tripod. Here are the best 3: Compare with this photo which I've since discovered on flickr, taken by Greenbelt official photographer Jonathon Watkins: I don't think I did too badly: ... http://www.jandmclark.com/2008/08/24/greenbelt-08-part-2-getting-creative/ Greenbelt has started :-) Here's a very small part of the 500-strong queue for the first session I went to (a panel discussion on "What kind of church is emerging?"). It was an authentic Greenbelt experience: long queues, damp grass to sit on, thankfulness that I'd remembered to ... http://www.jandmclark.com/2008/08/23/greenbelt-08-part-1/ Philip and I decided to treat ourselves, and took the day off with our respective spouses. We headed for Batsford Arboretum, and wondered if we'd been dense to pick a rainy day for it. The sun soon appeared, and brightened things up considerably. After meandering around most ... http://www.jandmclark.com/2008/08/22/a-batsford-treat/ We don't often go to the cinema, though we do watch a lot of films at home, through the NetFilms postal service. So it was a bit of a surprise to go 3 times last week to 2 different CineWorlds. And Martha made it 4 times! Mamma Mia was the ... http://www.jandmclark.com/2008/08/22/getting-our-cinema-fix/ Thought-provoking quote from Steve Pavlina's Development Blog: Some people think it’s a good thing to tolerate the parts of life they don’t like. That’s dumb. Tolerance isn’t acceptance. Tolerance is resistance. To be more specific, tolerance is resistance to love. Could he really mean that? He goes on to explain When ... http://www.jandmclark.com/2008/08/20/toleration/ Someone at work put me onto this: Sustainable Energy - Without the Hot Air. It's a website and a book (free download or a print version is coming out). Dealing with the current debate on reducing energy use and what sort of energy supply we should use in the UK, ... http://www.jandmclark.com/2008/08/19/without-hot-air/