This Is Freedom?

I saw this picture (Thanks to The Meta Picture) and at first recognised it for it’s humour and then looked closer and considered how real it is.  Sure it reflects the American concept of the normal life, but it’s not that different to the British version.  In fact quite a number of cultures and sub-cultures […]

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It’s A Formality – Part Two

In a recent blog on the issue formality and spirituality regarding clothing, I was questioning the big deal we make about clothing and its relation to ‘church services’.  (Read it again, it’s worth while to get the context on where I’m coming from with what follows.) There is something of a conceit with the whole […]

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It’s A Formality – Part One

Sometimes it’s best not to question certain practices and norms, because when you start to question you start on a slippery slope to rebellion against that which our fathers and forefathers held in high regard. Take for example clothes. I do believe that clothes makes the man.  I do believe that fashion makes a statement […]

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