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Comment on Prayer Discussion by andrea

andrea — Fri, 26 Feb 2010 15:00:34 +0000

Yes, I felt we had some good deep discussion about prayer last night.We began by looking at some thoughts from other people about prayer which then became a catalyst from which our own thoughts and discussions grew.One interesting discussion for me came out of a quote from Margaret Silf and led to us asking ourselves the question is”prayer a verb?” maybe it’s about being rather than doing?
We finished by Toby leading us in an interactive prayer which asked us to model our prayers using flymo for various situations. We hope to use these again on Sunday when we meet for Worship in South Parks.

Comment on Journeys Cycle: Post Modernity by Rich

Rich — Sun, 05 Jul 2009 18:22:51 +0000

Ok, so let’s say w is the width (and height) of your drawing.
r, the radius, would be half the width of your “circle” in the picture.

Take the case of a 45 degrees point, e.g. at “7½ minutes past” if it were a clock.

In your drawing, the horizontal distance from the left-most point would be:
distance to middle: r
+ distance to half way along the next bit, +½r
+ distance half-way between this and the end, so ½ of r/2, or +¼r
= 1.75r

But, if it were a circle, radius r, then the same point would be:
distance to middle: r
+ r x sin(45 degrees)
= 1.71r

Or, if you don’t like the word sin, then Pythagoras says h² = a² + b², and at 45degrees then a=b, and h is r, so r² = 2a², or a= r x (1/sqare_root(2)), which, of course is 0.71 too, because otherwise they wouldn’t teach trigonometry.

Anyway, in other words, this shape is kinda *like* a circle but a bit more square. And, no matter how many lines you added, the 12, 3, 6 and 9 o’clock points would still be corners, not smooth curves (because these points only become truly horizontal at infinity).

Meta-narrative wins? Well, no, because as we found on Thursday, real people don’t draw straight lines!

[If you want to make a circle with straight lines, try drawing squares (triangles, hexagons, pentagons anything, really...) at lots of different angles, rotated about the centre.]

Comment on mayBe weekend away: Jun 09 by John & Emma

John & Emma — Mon, 22 Jun 2009 20:43:22 +0000

hello mayBe,
sorry we missed out on the weekend and seeing you off Ian and Gail.

Looking forward to seeing you all soon and continuing on the journey…

love John & Emma (in Santiago de Chile)

Comment on Greenbelt: emerging shapes by Rich

Rich — Wed, 10 Jun 2009 11:49:38 +0000

Thanks all:

Visuals: Sounds great, Rach!
Andrea: Thanks for offering to lead on the improvisation introduction/instruction.
Emma: Thanks for offering to write the blessing

Comment on Greenbelt: emerging shapes by Rachel Yates

Rachel Yates — Wed, 10 Jun 2009 10:27:18 +0000

Idea for some wisdom too….

William Blake – Auguries of Innocence:
1st Stanza:

To see a world in a grain of sand,
And a heaven in a wild flower,
Hold infinity in the palm of your hand,
And eternity in an hour.

Idea for decoration

I was wondering about creating some gels to go over the lights that are like leaves, so it’s like we are standing outside under dappled light? Or our hangings could have cutout shapes so the light goes through them in a similar way?

Comment on week seven / next cycle by Student Jon

Student Jon — Sun, 07 Jun 2009 22:21:08 +0000

I was thinking this afternoon about the eucharist, and this line popped into my head:

‘As we gather to share your body and blood, my heart skips a beat as I remember how yours stopped’

I really enjoy, and am humbled by, remembering Jesus’ sacrifice regularly. It’s certainly something I’m not used to! thankyou mayBe.

Comment on creativity: discovering our creative impulse by mayBe roots cycle: CREATIVITY « mayBe

mayBe roots cycle: CREATIVITY « mayBe — Mon, 04 May 2009 20:39:07 +0000

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Comment on Message to the community by Chris Yates

Chris Yates — Wed, 29 Apr 2009 23:20:16 +0000

Who stole Gail’s arms? When did this happen? I’m too out of touch, but if you want this investigating then I’m your man!!!