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Favourites in my googlereader this week: Franciscan Associates and Steve Tilley both write on Welcoming The Stranger.
Dorothy Parker, the author who was famous for her dark wit, used to answer her telephone with this greeting: “What fresh hell is this?”
What do you think when someone knocks on your door? Is it closer to “What fresh hell is this?” or is it closer to, “Thanks be to God?”
- Martin B Copenhaver Who's That Knocking at My Door? in Francisan Associates.
You can find Steve's Show em yer warts over on The Water Walker's Apprentice.
In case my two prayer partners - due here in just over an hour's time should chance upon this blog, my response is always the second one. As for warts, after nearly four years, they're used to being a) ambushed by the dog b) stared down by the cat c) tripping over aforementioned dog's bone in the hallway d) having to remove pet hairs from their person and e) being nearly knocked out by my over enthusiastic use of pot-pourri essential oils and scented candles. This last isn't as much an indicator of my journey further Up The Candle; as an honest, if misguided attempt to disguise the fact that the cat has carefully timed her evening toilet visit to coincide with the arrival of visitors.
Never mind. My view is that there's nothing a Nice Cup Of Tea can't put right.
