Greenbelt 2012 - part 2

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Date: 03 September 2012 20:08:45

Okay! So what did we manage to see in the time we were there? We went to a mass, involving a west country church called Blessed, and then went to hear a talk by John Bell of the Iona Community. I always try to get to his talks at Greenbelt if I possibly can. If I can't I buy them as mp3 recordings afterwards. We also did a Gospel Procession with a group called Transcendance, which was nice, but it was raining a lot by then. That was Friday evening. On Saturday Morning we had a shower (shouts outs to YMCA for running those) and then went to a panel discussion titled "What happens when we pray?", featuring Rev. Lucy Winkett and Rev. Richard Coles. He used to be in the Communards with Jimmy Somerville, for those old enough to remember! That was very interesting, although, of course, it raised more questions than it answered. That was inevitable, but it was really good, and the Big Top was packed for it. After that we went to hear a talk about Palestine, and the effects of the presence of Israel, by Mary Grey. She's an academic, and Mum bought a book by her and Dan Cohn-Sherbok called "Pursuing The Dream: A Jewish - Christian Conversation". Neither if us have read it yet, but I'll blog about it when one of us has!. We had lunch, and then went to sing some songs from Taize, which is a community in France. I LOVE LOVE LOVE the music and the peace that it generates. It was during that, that the weather really set in, and when we finally got back to our tent, we found carnage. There was much more we would've done, but with wet bedding, we decided to go home. We'll be back next year though. Start praying about the weather now, I reckon!