The end of Lent

Happy Easter, everyone. I hope you had fun commemorating the rising of the Easter Bunny after three days of rolling down a hill. Or something. Talking of Lent, I have a confession to make. I realised a couple of days after my weekend in Carbisdale Castle that I’d eaten sliced bread while up there. It…

Day 10: Communion quandry

It’s communion on Sunday morning. Should I take it, despite giving up sliced bread for Lent? In St Silas we use bread. It’s not slices, obviously, but wee cubes. But what if, as I suspect, the bread is sliced and then cubed after? Does that still make it sliced? Or to put it another way,…

Day 2: What is “sliced”?

I’ve (more or less) figured out my definition of bread. What is my definition of sliced? Wiktionary defines “sliced” as something that has been cut into slices. Helpful. The definition of “slice“, then, is “A thin, broad piece cut off; as, a slice of bacon; a slice of cheese; a slice of bread.” The idea…

Day 1: What is bread?

I told a friend today that I was avoiding sliced bread for Lent and that I had a panini for lunch. Or panino, if you will. I was reminded, however, that panini is a type of bread. In a panic, I checked the definition on (where else?) Wikipedia: …a sandwich made from a small loaf…

The best thing since…

Being of Presbyterian stock, I’ve found various bits of piskyism a bit of a novelty since settling in St Silas. Liturgy. Taking communion more than four times a year. Having leaders who aren’t replaced annually. And Lent: the period in the run-up to Easter in which Christians spend forty days without something, in remembrance of…