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Along with others in the Church of England we’ve been reading Amos this week and have been enjoying the fact that Amos seems to be a humorist of the standard of Jack Dee. Take for example this classic from this morning’s reading of Amos 8 (all of it):
This is what the Sovereign LORD showed me: [...]
It’s the 17th of January so it’s St Anthony of Egypt Day. Huzzah!!!!
So who is Anthony? Well, he was the founder of the whole monastic tradition we know today (and have had for 1,500 years). Basically, he got fed up with the hypocrisy of the lifestyles of the Christians he was around (church on [...]
