Seeker

For all of you who regularly read my blog and you who happened to stumble on this today, here's a gift for you - a blessing composed by John Rutter and sung by the Cambridge singers with beautiful images uploaded by fromwithintheheart . Relax, listen, watch and enjoy.

A long time ago the Church of England decided that women and men can be bishops. The reason it has not happened yet has to do with how to make generous provision for those who believe that women cannot (or should not) be bishops. So it is still the case that in the Church of England it is illegal for a woman to be a bishop. This is not the case in many other Anglican provinces, including Scotland and Ireland. "Like a mighty tortoise moves the church of God. Brothers, we are treading where we've always trod." "Like a mighty tortoise" the brothers and sisters of the C. of E. are crawling towards a resolution of this issue. 42 of its 44 Dioceses have voted for the draft legislation agreed at the General Synod in 2010 to go forward without amendment. However an amendment suggested (and defeated in 2010) by the Archbishops has to be considered again, for reasons better explained by others. Next week's General Synod has the next step (not the final outcome)...

How good is your spelling? If you struggled learning to read and write in English or if English isn't your first language, you know how difficult it is to spell. Like its pronunciation, its spelling is inconsistent. Here's a few examples, but these are only the tip of the iceberg: There are some rules but these only work for some words, for example the 'i' before 'e' except after 'c' rule only applies to 11 words. Different sounds can be represented by the same letter or combination, for example 'ough' is pronounced at least 6 different ways, try 'cough', 'enough', 'nought', 'plough', borough', 'through'. Many English words are homophones i.e. some words sound the same but have different meanings differentiated by the spelling, e.g. 'tea'/'tee', 'gait'/'gate', 'made'/'made'. There are also many silent letters. For example: the 'k' is not...