Archive for November, 2008

Newgate Clock

London calling (well Cambridge)

Nov 6th

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Took a trip with work on Wed / Thu (stop over Wed night) to Cambridge.
I won’t bore you with all the work details, except to say that it was a useful trip, which they don’t always turn out to be. However, whilst passing through our capital I achieved two things which I’ve wanted to do for a while.
Firstly I took a trip to the Worshipful company of clockmakers museum which is in the Guildhall in London. It’s a facinating one room museum which charts watch and clock making from it’s earliest days. I recomend a visit, but not with children! There are some intersting items from John Harrison, including his H5 marine chronometer which is accurate to 1/3 of a second per day. I also purchased a book about Harrisons clocks, which is very interesting.
I don’t know what facinates me about clocks and watches, I guess in an IT world the marvel of small mecanisms is still amazing.
I also viewed the Newgate clock, which commemorates the 375 anniversary of the society.

Newgate Clock

Newgate Clock

After visiting the museum then I decided that rather than going straight on to cambridge, I’d stop and try to take in a firework display, so after a google on my phone I headed to Clapham Common and watched their display which was actually quite good. Lancaster is still good in comparison although at the end I suspect that they had more money to burn, anyhow you can judge for yourself with my video.

The shack

Nov 2nd

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I’ve just finished reading The Shack.
Firstly, it’s an amazing book. Why do I say that? Well I supose that it made me cry about 4 times, not in itself amazing, but it did raise some interesting questions and I think it touched quite deep into things that I feel at an emotional level.
For those that have not read the book I won’t spoil it, except to say that it deals with probabbly a no. 1 issue for Christians, namley the question of suffering and why God doesn’t just put a stop to it all.
It also takes up a number of other interesting questions. I think that I will need to read it again, perhaps a few times and there are things in there that need to come out.

It’s not really a Christian book, and I’d be intersted to see how non-Christians would find it. One thing that I struggle with is that sometimes I’m embarassed about Church and the way that people labelling themselves as “Christian” think and act. It’s not their fault sometimes, but the Church just really, really doesnt help.
I think that my current fave quote from Rob Bell sums it up. “A lot of people confuse relegion with God… and walk away from both”
This book gets towards some of the really deep, relationship questions and the nature of love and that’s perhaps why there was a face based fluid adjustment.