Thanks to Jonathan who pointed to this: Who Says “No” to “Mission Trips”? I had not found Sri Lankan theologian Vinoth Ramachandra‘s site. It is full of excellent stuff. In this post, the description of many mission trips as attempts to make a holiday sound holy is so true. It raises sharply issues at the [...]
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One of my hobbies is reading for Librivox. I’ve just finished what (I think) is the first/only complete audio book of Kipling’s Just So Stories to contain not only the stories, poems, and picture descriptions, but also the 13th story (see below). I have also written a blurb for the book. Can any one suggest [...]
I am listening to La rappresentatione di Anima et di Corpo by Emilio de’ Cavalieri (1550-1602) this is arguably the oldest surviving opera, or perhaps it’s an oratorio. When I say listening, I’m actually playing one of the super-bargain DVDs we bought, so I can also watch the performers (it is a concert rather than [...]
I am recording the Just So Stories for Librivox, and I want to make this the most full and complete audio version of the book ever. So, I have included the 13th story, that was in the first US edition, but left out of most later ones (superstition?), and Kipling’s entertaining descriptions of the pictures [...]
Nothing reminds one of aging so much as remembering how long it has been since some memorable event in the early part of one’s life. To mark my 60th birthday our children gave me a training flight at Ardmore Airport. They knew that I’d been in the RAF Cadets at school, and that I really [...]
