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Start thinking about harvest festival

I was trying to be funny in my previous blog post. Now I’m not being funny at all. It’s July and before we know it our churches will be celebrating harvest festival. This year, with the news that half...

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We need to make a decision

Here in Seoul we don’t have a television so naturally we’ve been doing other things, like making plans for the future and blogging. Fr Koala and I orchestrate much of our human’s activity as she’s...

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We found our compromise

Yesterday we were worrying because Fr Koala (to be honest I had little to do with it) had to make a decision about what to do in the future. There was a possibility to go back to doing something he...

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What we are doing with our blogs

Moving on from all our worrying of yesterday, I now want to tell you what we are doing with our blogs. Fr Koala is using the old blog that our human tried to set up a business with. (Her idea was to...

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The recurring patterns of life

Fr Koala says he thinks we need to spend less time looking at the Internet and more time reading novels. The Internet does not have a particular character, it is simply a communication tool. Yet we...

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Today we went to look at a large plant nursery complex in Gwangmyeong, the city next to Seoul’s southwestern edge. It was a hot day and even hotter in the greenhouses. Fr Koala went very faint with the...

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In which Fr K decides the Internet is a bit ok

When you don’t know what to write about the best thing to do is not to stop, but to write about anything until some shape builds up. So for that reason I’m going to comment on Patheos blog posts until...

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Pacific Rim in 4-D

This afternoon we went to see Pacific Rim at the 4-D cinema. It’s a film about giant monsters who come up through the sea floor via an inter dimensional porthole and the humans in giant robot suits who...

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D-Cube and the Barberettes

Here in Korea we enjoy visiting shopping centres in the same way villagers might have enjoyed seeing the markets of ancient Rome. We buy very little, at most a few snacks. It’s simply nice to admire...

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Today’s review of Patheos blog posts

The Naked Pastor says that in America some Christians have been complaining about the new Lone Ranger film and saying it is anti-Christian. Me and Fr Koala saw it a few weeks ago and loved it. We...

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My Afternoons with Fr Koala

Good evening.  We’re half way through watching a French film called My Afternoons with Margueritte. Gerard Depardieu plays a loveable handyman who strikes up a friendship with an elderly lady. We won’t...

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What we have learnt on our Seoul holiday

We have just over a week left on our holiday and it is time to think about what we’ve learnt. Fr Koala has helped me to compile this list. When jet lagged drink a lot of water to avoid constipation....

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Anyang river pollution, Seoul

This morning we were very sad to see this chemical pouring out into the Anyang river in Seoul. We don’t know what it is, but if it’s something good for wildlife please correct us immediately! (We...

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Red 2 – in defence of Lee Byung-Hun

This evening we joined a packed cinema in southwest Seoul to see Red 2, the sequel to the brilliant 2010 film Red. The first Red was very good. Red stands for retired and extremely dangerous, and part...

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Some photos

I hear that it is very hot in the UK at the moment. Here in Korea it continues to be both hot and humid. This weekend we went to Busan where it was so hot we came close to heat exhaustion three times....

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Fr Koala after enjoying his dinner

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The amazing wonderful things social media has taught us

Fr Koala has been grumbling about the Internet all holiday. “It’s good but it’s not good,” he says. Over the last month we have had an amazing time on social media, connecting with many different...

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The Wise Men by Fr Koala

This poem was written by Fr Koala. It’s a speculation on how the wise men might have felt when they saw the star. Our desert fire blooms gold on night’s damp sand. In light’s shadow Melchior frowns....

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The death of St Joseph by Fr Koala

Do not cling to me, my weeping boy. My beautiful brave boy. This time, let me go. Do you understand? The neighbours know my boy. Harsh words to your mother, my boy. Now that is cause to cry. Let me go....

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Fr Koala’s Autumn/Winter reflections

Hello, Rector Chick has lost interest in his blog so I am going to use it to post my reflections on faith. I think I will have a Facebook page too. Mmmmm. That’s a good idea. Come and find me on...

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