“An expert is someone who carries a briefcase and comes from more than 200 miles away.” A line from the sermon at Saint Paul’s Cathedral (Church of Northern India (Anglican) on Sunday.
The service itself was nice. High church, naturally. Lots of switching between assorted books to follow the order of service. The hymnal has no notes in it, so one sort of makes up a tune as one goes along, trying not to get too far away from what the (small) choir is doing. Clara reports that the kids’ program is very good—she got orange soda and cookies, so her judgment may be suspect.
St. Paul’s is a huge landmark in town—a tall clock tower means it is relatively visible. Yet, none of the four cab drivers we asked to take us there had any idea about what we were talking. Finally someone standing nearby gave one of the cab drivers directions, so we got there—rather quickly, I might add—there is virtually no traffic in Kolkata on a Sunday morning.
Last night we had dinner with the Mennonite missionaries we met the last time we were here. They are leaving in April and offered us their jobs—it is a six year term running the Mennonite Central Committee, doing mostly development work.
We declined.
I spent about an hour and 45 minutes stuck in traffic yesterday; I think I finally have an excuse to stop getting rides home from work—the subway is *much* faster.
Janet, Emma and Lily bought new clothes this weekend—Emma and Lily look great in Indian Apparel. Presumably some day, there will be a picture of this on the blog site. (But, don’t hold your breath waiting for it—as you may or may not know, it is relatively important to maintain a supply of oxygen to your brain in order to function—indeed, I believe scientists have shown that oxygen is second only to caffeine in its importance to maintaining life.)
Yankees sweep the Red Sox in a 5 game series! Hysterical! Just three weeks until football season starts and I can stop paying much attention to baseball. (Here is the test: It is Sunday night; Game 7 of the World Series is on, but so is the Raiders-Patriots [or insert your favorite team here] game. Which do you watch?)
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When you return, teach us to supplement Hymn Sunday with an occasional High Church Sunday. Collect suitable liturgical materials. We'll use the overhead projector to simulate the requisite stained glass.
Televised nuclear war would have a hard time tearing me away from the Ohio State-Michigan game.
Hartley, I love your blog! Especially, no offense, your daughters' posts. I hope you can impress on Emma the manifold wonders of grammar. I look forward to hearing about her further adventures in homeschooling. Your Great Books girls will miss you this semester.
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