The blog of the Ancient Mariner: Some times you wonder about the nonnies.....

Thursday 13 January 2005

Some times you wonder about the nonnies.....

That they may have been watching too many hammer house of horror films.

There is a group in Oxford that are investigating the link between 'religion' and reduced perception of pain. So the idea is that we look at a crucifix and suddenly it hurts less? Did someone ever fail to understand the connection between faith and the power of God?

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Why post emergent?

Why not?

Some years ago I wrote about things relating to church I thought were important then and probably still do to an extent. So many of us want to make sure stuff is right, trying to differentiate ourselves, yet also often miss the more important stuff, the bigger picture.

I watch various people doing church in different ways and wonder how much God is concerned about our 'important' bits of theology or stances we take. The church stream I was once so pleased to be part of is starting to look like every other church to me, so maybe it's time I had a little humility instead of pride at being different.