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[tree_and_leaf]

Oh LJ, why must you be so broken? And why must DW be so quiet?

(Why yes, I am bored...)

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[nineveh_uk]

Ditto. Think after lunch I shall get my"what I did on my holidays" post up on DW in the meantime.

[nineveh_uk]

Also, I am missing the Rolling Murdoch that entertained me before I went away.

[sir_guinglain]

Also. Then again, I am busy contemplating my shopping list of stationery and household items as I deal with about seven years of flat-neglect. More details when I next make time for a post, but I feel I have made enough incisions for surgery to be meaningful.

[phoebesmum]

I'll do you a little tap dance, if you think that would entertain you. As I'm in bed, it should be ... interesting, to say the least.

[tree_and_leaf]

I look forward to it!

[tree_and_leaf]

You can have too much excitement, after all!

[tree_and_leaf]

Well, I'd be impressed. Or possibly bemused!

[sir_guinglain]

Oh, the arresting and thought-provoking drama which can arise from the rearrangement and destruction of paper, both loose and bound!

[ladymercury_10]

Yep...I've been reloading LJ for somewhere close to an hour, and it refuses to come back. Sadness....

[tree_and_leaf]

It's back now!

[primsong]

It made me very relieved that I had my journal safe and sound over here on DWth, that's for sure!

[kerravonsen]

It looks as if it's back for some people, but not for everyone.

[ladymercury_10]

Mine still isn't working. :/

[meowsings]

Oh, look still no lj so *waves hello* on dreamwidth.

I am v. sympathetic re budgeting woes - am spending quite a lot of time doing sums to see how soon I can stop working at the supermarket ... not nearly soon enough seems to be the answer.

[tree_and_leaf]

It's horrid trying to work these things out, isn't it - particularly in your position.

[tree_and_leaf]

It seems to be working for some people but not for others. Most mysterious.

[em_h]

Hi there! I was occupied with a community lunch earlier today, but I'm in my office with a twisted ankle now and not going anywhere anytime soon. Feel free to raise theological or other topics to chat about ... though perhaps you've found other things to do by now.

[ladymercury_10]

Yeah, I dunno. I'm in the US, if that makes a difference. I've been checking since 8 AM...it's 1 PM, and I'm wondering what exactly happened. I've never seen it go down for this long at once.

[tree_and_leaf]

Yes, mirrors are your friend!

[tree_and_leaf]

Ow, poor you!

I'm curious: who would you rate as your favourite theologian?

[em_h]

It changes a lot from time to time, but right now I'd probably say Julian of Norwich (who I insist is a theologian primarily, if not in the classic mold of systematic theology). Gregory of Nyssa rates very high, but needs more cross-cultural translation.

Among moderns, Rowan Williams and Kenneth Leech are both very high up the list. I quite like Sarah Coakley but I'm not sure she'd make "favourite." Simone Weil is intensely fascinating but also dangerous and wrong-headed in crucial ways. I also like some of the modern Orthodox theologians, especially Lossky and Meyendorrf. I have some obvious points of disagreement with them, but they've been highly influential for me.

[tree_and_leaf]

I must admit I've never read any of Sarah Coakley, though I have heard her preach. But she's on the reading list for next year, and I may audit her (famously impossibly hard) course on metaphysics in my third year.

I'm inclined to agree with you about Julian. Though I'm also very fond of Aquinas.

I was reading Williams "On Christian Theology" earlier, and came across the very good sentence: Good doctrine teaches silence, watchfulness, and the expectation of the Spirit's drastic appearance in judgement, recognition, conversion, for us and for the whole world.