And feel a little foolish- how soft am I? Giving up coffee for 40 days and nights felt like a real hardship. The first week and a half I was dealing with caffeine with-drawl so I’ll allow my self that. But really! Even after the craving, itching need for strong coffee had passed, I still missed it. I missed the thick, sugary hit first thing in the morning. I missed the ritual of coming downstairs at the weekend and methodically making a pot of coffee. I missed my house smelling of coffee. I missed drinking coffee with friends in cafes and bars. I missed grinding coffee with cardamom and boiling up into a syrup like drink. Ahhh what a relief Easter weekend was. Easter has never really meant huge amounts to me, I’ve always thought that the Church kinda missed the point of Jesus by focusing on his horrific death and supposed “resurrection”. Wasn’t his message a little more important? Anyway this year was slightly different- I was sooo excited on Easter morning and was salivating as I made that first cup. It didn’t disappoint! Unlike the church sermon an hour or so later. The vicar at my mother’s village church didn’t repeat his anti-war sermon of Christmas Eve but grumbled about “the message” being lost amongst isles and isles of brightly covered chocolate eggs. So here’s part of the message, in my new bible-quote-of-the-week:
"As in all the congregations of the saints, women should remain silent in the churches. They are not allowed to speak, but must be in submission as the law says. If they want to inquire about something, they should ask their own husbands at home; for it is disgraceful for a woman to speak in the church." (I Corinthians 14:34-35)
The bible is full of these illuminating statements about “unclean” and “headstrong” women…I wonder if my dad realised this when he rejected Christianity and then gained a wife and two daughters?
"As in all the congregations of the saints, women should remain silent in the churches. They are not allowed to speak, but must be in submission as the law says. If they want to inquire about something, they should ask their own husbands at home; for it is disgraceful for a woman to speak in the church." (I Corinthians 14:34-35)
The bible is full of these illuminating statements about “unclean” and “headstrong” women…I wonder if my dad realised this when he rejected Christianity and then gained a wife and two daughters?
3 comments:
Glad you made it! I had a similar euphoric trip when I survived my first Ramadan last year. This Easter I just gave up not praying. As regards 1Cor 14:34-35 I find some of these not dissimilar to the Quran. You must be a troublesome lot! Or is it just reflective of the culture in which both books find their origins?
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Nice to hear from you again Miss Froy and thanks for your comments.
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Regards
John
PS How do you mix your coffee & Cardamon??
Hi John..as for the bible quotes, it's def, reflective of society at the time, but I think also of how the content of the bible was selected with empire building/strengthening in mind.
As for the coffee- I grind espresso strength beans with whole green cardamon pods. I've never measured, I just add the cardamon until it smells like the stuff I used to buy in Palestine! Next time I grind some I'll measure out.
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