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window removed for repairs
a wecked window
stairway to heaven
(or at least to the choir loft)
holy weekend
i hope you are enjoying the funkypancake three day religious paraphernalia festival
here's some more quality examples from a church with scaffolding
the soulds in purgatory
looks like the waiting room is empty at the moment. nice work.
jesus - out of the box
these pictures are the opposite of easter - jesus shut in a box in the middle of an small kauri forest !
i believe he lived and then was killed
and actually came back to life again and actually went to heaven
that sounds like madness
but i'm not the only one to believe it.
pishill church
jane explained to me why we had this sign in our house, but then i forgot. then linda explained it then i forgot again. we are not, nor will we ever be pishill church. but it's very nice apparently, so we should all go visit. get your coat, we're off.
bath abbey and roof
not quite a vertical panarama
surprise vicar
probably need to click on this one to see it a bit better
golden eagle
in bath abbey
the church is closed for filming
so, does this mean if you want to do some filming it's closed ?
signs and wonders
look at this sign. brings together brilliant random signage and religion. what a great idea.
bath abbey
nice, but not quite so nice in day light ...
holy spirit
alcohol on railing was one of my very first funkypancake categories. if you want to start a blog like funkypancake then starting with abandoned beer cans and bottles in london is a great place to start
saint peter cheap
even Saints have been hit by the credit crunch
the bishop of oxford
andy invited me along to a prayer breakfast yesterday where the bishop of oxford spoke about men and spirituality. all jolly good. and a great breakfast.
the church band
kezia took this picture after i asked her to take some general pictures around church. i was very impressed with her framing (i'm sitting down in the background)
messy abbey
this photo really is a mess, but i quite like it.
inglesham church
i mentioned inglesham church a while back. here are a few more pictures
it looked as nice as it did on the postcards
jane in the jacobean pulpit
fancy wall inscriptions
you can find out more here
heavenly peace
vin sent me this excellent picture of a chap having a sleep outside a church (in Acton)
low mass (best come prepared)
a low mass is a bit like a high mass, only you have to kneel really low.
BCP means 'best come prepared', meaning you'll have to provide your own hassock.
wedding registry table
i saw this at the back of a church we recently visited and i was quite intrigued. it's the equipment on the table where a married couple have to 'sign the register'.
although it looks very traditional, it has been updated slightly - the ink wells have been replaced by the Oxfam freebie pen, and the date card thing is now replaced by an ancient casio watch.
that's progress for ya
mardy bum
this little cherub looks like he's in a right mood, and he's got a right face on
(i just realised that people might not know what a mardy bum is, unless they grew up in the part of england that i did (or listen to the arctic monkeys song). explanation here)
home of the turin shroud
here's an old picture i didn't post. this is where the turin shroud lives. you don't get much more 'church paraphernalia' than that !
church signs
here's a sign at the entrance to the cathedral in Vienna. note the dog sign at the bottom but the one directly above it quite interesting. no people with sticks for arms allowed in.
churches
suddenly the churches leapt up and started following each other through the streets of london.
sound advice
whilst playing in the band on sunday morning i looked across at our sound man and noticed he had a line of kids lined up observing his every move.
i suspect it was some kind of masterclass for the next generation of PA operators. average age was about 6 i think so plenty of opportunity for them to get the hang of it !
coloured walls and floors
the fun of stained glass windows.
they save you having to put up fancy wallpaper:
or buying expensive carpets:
illuminated mary
here is a most illuminated most holy lady. best viewed big.
the jesus and mary bag
it's good christians have their own range of accessories. i have a number of these cardboard carrier bags which have rather nice pictures of mary and jesus on.
click for big
jesus as an old man
here's another one of those statues with jesus and mary where jesus looks like a little old man !
close up:
winchester cathedral
click for big
buggy park
young people everywhere are wondering - where do you park your dolly buggies in church ?
the answer is, of course, to put them in the choir stalls.
model church
here is a model of a festive church which we saw at our friends' house last night.
it was all sparkly and glowey and quite kitsch.
spotty church
it was a sunny morning and the light reflecting off the building on the other side of the road produced this spotty effect on this church.
light of the world
i've never walked past westminster cathedral cathedral before despite having been to this area of town dozens of times in the last few years. i guess i've just never walked past that bit of the road.
i love how you can work in london for over 7 years and still completely miss a famous landmark !
jesus' mum calms the storm
i went in to this church last time i was in brussels and saw this fantastic statue stuck up by a window. my attempts to photograph it failed last time, so i tried especially hard this time.
here is jesus' mum on a boat calming the storm. just as well the grown up jesus had his mum there to do all the miracles for him. she's got jesus in one arm and a pepper grinder in the other !
read the actual story here
hat tricks
few people are aware but in addition to carpentry the young jesus also had a job as a street performer where he and his mum would balance flower pots on his head
stained glass brick window
the light from a stained glass window produced an anti-window on the brick wall (and the angle in the foreground).
stained glass windows
this stained glass window in a church in ghent produced a psychedelic overlay on this painting. it was like someone had gone mad with highlighter pens.
dolls legs
here's a collection of things mounted together in a display in a church. it contained a number of ceramic dolls legs.
and i found that quite disturbing:
here they are in situ:
and here are the central characters through a fence:
the scores on the doors
in these modern days putting numbers of psalms and hymns on church boards seems a bit retro. churches are often 10 years behind in terms of technology. we've only just moved to using an over head projector at our church, but it does its job so why buy a whizzy projector ?
this is another belgian photo which i took when my feet were too tired to walk. so i sat for half an hour watching people get ready for mass. then i left.
baby jesus (with a man's head)
here's another one of thoese bizarre catholic statues where the baby seems to have a grown up's face. unfortunately you can't really tell in this picture as i was too far away ! but you know what i mean.
the virgin mary
i took lots of pictures of religious icons in and around churches whilst in belgium. i'll spread them out a bit so they don't become too monotonous.
here's mary in a mental hospital (i'll explain why i was in a mental hospital another day). the sky, sun and statue really did all like this when i took the photo.
