It was a ‘warm-up’ before a new season of hill-walking. Surprisingly easy despite pretty strong wind and snow covering the upper part. Seemingly hordes of people walked there a day before as the snow was well compacted all along the path. [map style=”width: auto; height:600px; margin:20px 0px 20px 0px; border: 1px solid black;” maptype=”HYBRID” traffic=”yes” kml=”http://www.turski.me/wp-content/uploads/BenRinnes.kml” download=”no”]
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It was […] the first day of the week and still dark Let’s try to imagine Mary Magdalene’s feelings. For the last couple of days her life fell apart, when Jesus was arrested, killed and buried. The arrest was sudden, the sentence was surprising, and the death was horrible, the burial was improper… Apparently everything that might have gone wrong…
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For the last two or three months very often I’ve been electrically charged. I couldn’t have noticed that unless I touched metal things. An instant discharge, although not dangerous, has always been a highly unpleasant experience. So unpleasant that I’ve developed a weird custom of a slow and cautious touch, preparing myself mentally to stand the expected discharge. All in…
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For the last year you’ve been regularly nagged in newsletters for financial contribution towards restoration funds, justified by huge debt or necessary restoration work. And then all of a sudden, the Christmas collection, substantially higher than usual ones, went to the local charities. Some of you might have scratched their heads wondering why on earth I decided to give money…
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On the very morning after Pope Francis was elected I was working on my computer, with a phone-in show on the radio playing in the background. Listeners were sharing their views on the Catholic Church, and two of them particularly drew my attention; funny enough they were phoned in one after the other. One accused the Church of sticking to…