replying on How Angels Sleep by Dovina
3 Sep 2005, 6:33 AM
If "good" is tossing the heavys, ok, thanks.
replying on How Angels Sleep by Dovina
3 Sep 2005, 6:31 AM
Just another whimsical meaning of "angel." Pink chiffon, I think, would suit you.
replying on First Love by Dovina
2 Sep 2005, 11:35 AM
Longer than a minute, at least at the speed of my travels. Stay a microsecond or two. Thanks.
on Katrina by jessicazee
2 Sep 2005, 11:14 AM
Yeah, It does look like a galaxy from space. A comma after sink would clarify. A wet what?
replying on The Servant and The Messenger by ALChemy
30 Aug 2005, 2:24 PM
Bless you for diligently and humbly seeking truth. May you find peace in your new divinely inspired doctrine, which suppresses your old divinely inspired doctrine.
May I suggest the use of an Ecclesiastical Censer in your worship? As its name implies, a censer is an instrument having to do with incense and, particularly in ecclesiastical parlance, its use in the Divine Liturgy. In the Judeo-Christian Tradition, incense has always played an important role (Ex 30:1-8; 37:25-29). The liturgical censer, as you may know from studying these matters, is a metal receptacle, usually bronze, but sometimes gold, in which burning charcoal is placed and over which is poured the incense to be burned. To this receptacle are attached chains, which enable the priest to swing the vessel for the incensation of the Blessed Sacrament. Granulated aromatic resin is usually used to produce a fragrant cloud of smoke, symbolizing prayers rising to God.
The use of incense comes into the Church from pagan worship (hence the Church's misgivings concerning it during the first centuries) and, as abundant references to incense in the Old Testament would seem to indicate, from Judaism as well.
So, why not apply the musty odor of Mould smoke to your worship, which when mixed with the odors your parishioners, be there any, will maintain a fungal ambiance to the Service.
May I suggest the use of an Ecclesiastical Censer in your worship? As its name implies, a censer is an instrument having to do with incense and, particularly in ecclesiastical parlance, its use in the Divine Liturgy. In the Judeo-Christian Tradition, incense has always played an important role (Ex 30:1-8; 37:25-29). The liturgical censer, as you may know from studying these matters, is a metal receptacle, usually bronze, but sometimes gold, in which burning charcoal is placed and over which is poured the incense to be burned. To this receptacle are attached chains, which enable the priest to swing the vessel for the incensation of the Blessed Sacrament. Granulated aromatic resin is usually used to produce a fragrant cloud of smoke, symbolizing prayers rising to God.
The use of incense comes into the Church from pagan worship (hence the Church's misgivings concerning it during the first centuries) and, as abundant references to incense in the Old Testament would seem to indicate, from Judaism as well.
So, why not apply the musty odor of Mould smoke to your worship, which when mixed with the odors your parishioners, be there any, will maintain a fungal ambiance to the Service.
replying on The Servant and The Messenger by ALChemy
30 Aug 2005, 11:34 AM
lol, funniest thing I've read today!
on Letters to Silence by MacFrantic
30 Aug 2005, 11:28 AM
Yep, it's hard to keep silent. I can feel it! Mostly well said.
on The Right Thing To Do by Bethy
30 Aug 2005, 11:11 AM
Oh my goodness! Belay that, I feel I have no goodness. What a romp! I want to ask if it's fiction, but won't.
replying on Present, tense by INTRANSIT
30 Aug 2005, 11:05 AM
Okay, kinda funny or sad, could be really grotesque.
on Present, tense by INTRANSIT
29 Aug 2005, 7:30 PM
what? Say again.
on Out of a White Hole by ALChemy
29 Aug 2005, 11:59 AM
You've got some great images here.
mind's eye
brain's gray matter
mind's eye
brain's gray matter
replying on The Servant and The Messenger by ALChemy
29 Aug 2005, 11:47 AM
Gold has some fine qualities that you may lump as splendour. I'd use a less superlative word, however. But the word "divine" makes gold like God, and that I cannot accept.
replying on The Servant and The Messenger by ALChemy
29 Aug 2005, 6:02 AM
I, in fact, do choose gold for the reasons you mention and for others that I could add. That is not the point of disagreement.
replying on The Servant and The Messenger by ALChemy
28 Aug 2005, 6:48 AM
As a symbol for God, gold is a good one. But to equate the maker with the made doesn't quite work for me.
replying on The Servant and The Messenger by ALChemy
28 Aug 2005, 6:39 AM
You have only pointed out a symbol of gold in the Judeo-Christian faith, of which there are many. That’s different from equating the splendor of gold to the splendor of God, as you asserted before.
replying on The Servant and The Messenger by ALChemy
27 Aug 2005, 7:24 PM
No really, You said in effect that gold is as splended as God. Is that your faith? Is that what you believe?
on The Moment of Over by Bethy
27 Aug 2005, 7:18 PM
The rhythm is so good that the few lines out-of-rhythm really stand out.
replying on The Servant and The Messenger by ALChemy
27 Aug 2005, 7:11 PM
(Gold = God) -> Tripe.