I hate it that a peice of rock is attributed meaning and true art is hidden in the basement of our museums.

All cultures should point to ghe good and great in their culture. And unashamedly point at the beauty from others.

But (and this is no longer acceptable) requires a level of judgment and aesthetic sense.

We should raise the eyes of the young to the heavens, take them to The Messiah and a great Cathedral to hear the finest church music, show them rooms full of paintings and give them the best novels and read them the best poetry. The young have their own sub-culture, always have, always will and so they should but they need to have better ones presented to them as well.

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Let us ignore the bereau of ugliness and chase beauty.

Let us ignore the media of lies and chaer the truth

Since I go to a church that folds into its parent congregation over the holidays, we have not been paying much attention to the Church Calendar so far.

Today we did consider what it means to have God revealed — and what it would take to have the magi on their knees (and how the senior common room could chortle) or the fisheman Peter oonfessing he was a sinner — in front  of his mates.

What are the barriers”

• Fear of what others would think
• Being stubborn — that problem or sin can waith
• Not looking up form what we are doing today and thus missing Christ.
• Feeling obligated — we cannot leave everyhing.

Does our fear make us poor?