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Andre Walendowsky @walendowsky.bsky.social · 05/08/2026

Putin’s forces destroyed the 300-year-old Holy Presentation Church in Kherson region. Built in 1725 without metal nails, it was Ukraine’s only surviving example of 18th-century Cossack wooden church architecture. KyivPost @kyivpost.com See en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Holy_Pr...

KyivPost
@KyivPost

Putin’s forces destroyed the 300-year-old Holy Presentation Church in Kherson region.

Built in 1725 without metal nails, it was Ukraine’s only surviving example of 18th-century Cossack wooden church architecture.

1:22 PM, August 3, 2026

1725 Holy Presentation Church, Beryslav, Kherson, Ukraine, before and after being destroyed by the Russian Federation.

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Andre Walendowsky @walendowsky.bsky.social · 21/06/2026

"The creators of A.I. complained to God. 'Lord, we created Artificial Intelligence. But it turns out that it lies, it's cunning and irresponsible.' And the Lord replied: 'Now you know how I feel.'" — @bbcstever.bsky.social's news desk

Обратились создатели ИИ к Богу и стали жаловаться:
– Господи, мы создали искусственный интеллект, а он оказался лживым, хитрым и безответственным!
И сказал им Господь:
– Вот, теперь вы меня понимаете!

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Andre Walendowsky @walendowsky.bsky.social · 29/05/2026

www.vatican.va/content/leo-... www.humandevelopment.va/en/magnifica... Infographics 5 of 5:

Magnifica Humanitas

Chapter 5: Building the Civilization of Love

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Andre Walendowsky @walendowsky.bsky.social · 29/05/2026

Magnifica Humanitas, 15 May 2026, Leo XIV On safeguarding the human person in the time of artificial intelligence Infographics 1, 2, 3, and 4 of 5:

Magnifica Humanitas

Introduction and Chapter 1: Two Roads Ahead of Us

Magnifica Humanitas

Chapter 2: Foundations and Principles of the Church's Social Teaching

Magnifica Humanitas

Chapter 3: The Greatness of the Human Person in the Face of the Promises of AI

Magnifica Humanitas

Chapter 4: Safeguarding the Human Person in the Transformation

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Andre Walendowsky @walendowsky.bsky.social · 27/05/2026

O God, you made us in your own image, … Look with compassion on the whole human family; take away the arrogance & hatred which infect our hearts; break down the walls that separate us; … that … all nations & races may serve you in harmony around your heavenly throne; through Jesus Christ our Lord. 🙏

42. for the human family

O God, you made us in your own image, and you have redeemed us through your Son Jesus Christ: Look with compassion on the whole human family; take away the arrogance and hatred which infect our hearts; break down the walls that separate us; unite us in bonds of love; and work through our struggle and confusion to accomplish your purposes on earth; that, in your good time, all nations and races may serve you in harmony around your heavenly throne; through Jesus Christ our Lord. Amen.

Book of Common Prayer 2019 page 659

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Andre Walendowsky @walendowsky.bsky.social · 04/04/2026

Well, well. All this technology, ingenuity and skill, and when they take a picture of us they hold the camera upside-down. 🫤

A long-exposure picture of Earth taken by NASA astronaut and Artemis II Commander Reid Wiseman from one of the Orion spacecraft’s window after completing the translunar injection burn on April 2, 2026. Northwest Africa and Iberia are seen on the left and bottom of the globe, with the Atlantic Ocean on the center. Both aurora borealis and aurora australis (top right and bottom left) and zodiacal light (bottom right) are visible as the Earth eclipses the Sun.

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Andre Walendowsky @walendowsky.bsky.social · 22/03/2026

3/21 is World Down Syndrome Day, celebrating the 3 copies of chromosome 21 (Trisomy 21). Some wear a single sock, or mismatched or multicolor socks, representing chromosomes. Awareness that individuals with Down Syndrome of all ages and abilities help make ours a better world is welcome every day.

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Andre Walendowsky @walendowsky.bsky.social · 25/01/2026

"On the great feasts of the liturgical year as well as on certain feasts days (and in the Slavic tradition, on every Saturday night) there is a particularly solemn service called the All-Night Vigil that combine Vespers, Matins and First Hour, with special additions, into a single long service. ...

B. The West Syrian-Byzantine Office

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The cycle of eight daily prayer offices in the Byzantine Rite consists of the following:

Vespers (at sundown)
Compline (before sleep)
The Midnight Office (chanted in the middle of the night or early in the morning)
Matins (the longest of the day, which traditionally ends as the sun is rising)
First Hour (chanted at the rising of the sun)
Third Hour (chanted at the third hour of the day—approximately 9:00 AM)
Sixth Hour (chanted at noon)
Ninth Hour (chanted at the ninth hour of the day—approximately 3:00 PM

On the great feasts of the liturgical year as well as on certain feast days (and in the Slavic tradition, on every Saturday night) there is a particularly solemn service called the All-Night Vigil that combines Vespers, Matins and First Hour, with special additions, into a single long service. This office has become known in the West through Sergei Rachmaninov's ethereal choral masterpiece All-Night Vigil.

The Byzantine Vespers in particular shows the merger of cathedral and monastic elements. At its heart is a lucernarium, Vespers psalms (140, 141, 129, 116) with incensation, three readings, a litany, and blessing, to which monastic psalmody has been prefixed. The presidential prayers now bunched at the beginning of both Vespers and Orthros (Matins) were once scattered throughout the offices. The dangling doxologies that are now scattered throughout indicate the original places of these collects. The present Orthros or Matins is a compilation of four separate offices: the royal office (a brief service for the emperor celebrated in imperial monastic foundations, but really unrelated to the time of Matins), monastic nocturns, the cathedral vigil, and the morning office, which includes Lauds.

C. The Benedictine Office, c. 540

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Frank C. Senn, Introduction to Christian Liturgy, 2012
Chapter 4, The Liturgy of Time, page 83

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Andre Walendowsky @walendowsky.bsky.social · 16/01/2026

Lord Jesus Christ, you said to your apostles, “Peace I give to you; my own peace I leave with you”: Regard not our sins, but the faith of your Church, and give to us the peace and unity of that heavenly city, where with the Father and the Holy Spirit you live and reign, now and for ever. Amen. ✝️🕊️🙏

FOR THE UNITY OF THE CHURCH

Lord Jesus Christ, you said to your apostles, “Peace I give to you; my own peace I leave with you”: Regard not our sins, but the faith of your Church, and give to us the peace and unity of that heavenly city, where with the Father and the Holy Spirit you live and reign, now and for ever. Amen.

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Andre Walendowsky @walendowsky.bsky.social · 15/01/2026

O Almighty God, you pour out on all who desire it the spirit of grace and of supplication: Deliver us, when we draw near to you, from coldness of heart and wanderings of mind, that with steadfast thoughts and kindled affections we may worship you in spirit and in truth; through Jesus Christ. Amen. 🙏

FOR THE SPIRIT OF PRAYER

O Almighty God, you pour out on all who desire it the spirit of grace and of supplication: Deliver us, when we draw near to you, from coldness of heart and wanderings of mind, that with steadfast thoughts and kindled affections we may worship you in spirit and in truth; through Jesus Christ our Lord. Amen.

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Andre Walendowsky @walendowsky.bsky.social · 15/01/2026

THE CHURCH

1. FOR THE UNIVERSAL CHURCH

O God of unchangeable power and eternal light: Look favorably on your whole Church, that wonderful and sacred mystery; by the effectual working of your providence, carry out in tranquility the plan of salvation; let the whole world see and know that things which were cast down are being raised up, and things which had grown old are being made new, and that all things are being brought to their perfection by him through whom all things were made, your Son Jesus Christ our Lord; who lives and reigns with you, in the unity of the Holy Spirit, one God, for ever and ever. Amen.

2. FOR THE UNIVERSAL CHURCH William Laud

Gracious Father, we pray for your holy Catholic Church. Fill it with all truth, in all truth with all peace. Where it is corrupt, purify it; where it is in error, direct it; where in anything it is amiss, reform it. Where it is right, strengthen it; where it is in want, provide for it; where it is divided, reunite it; for the sake of Jesus Christ your Son our Savior. Amen.

3. FOR THE UNITY OF THE CHURCH

Lord Jesus Christ, you said to your apostles, “Peace I give to you; my own peace I leave with you”: Regard not our sins, but the faith of your Church, and give to us the peace and unity of that heavenly city, where with the Father and the Holy Spirit you live and reign, now and for ever. Amen.

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Andre Walendowsky @walendowsky.bsky.social · 05/01/2026

Yesterday, just before a cold got the best of me, I helped finishing a Christmas gift to my son from his aunt: a medieval wheeled cannon that shoots ping-pong balls. A very interesting wooden project. The smallest pieces were 2x2x5mm, 5/64 by 5/64 by 13/64 inches. Now my home is being “canonized!” 😇

Medieval Wheeled Cannon wooden project, assembled, with 5 ping-pong ball projectiles.

Medieval Wheeled Cannon wooden project, assembled.

Medieval Wheeled Cannon wooden project, box.

Medieval Wheeled Cannon wooden project, box, info.

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Andre Walendowsky @walendowsky.bsky.social · 23/12/2025

______ __ ______, 1601, by Caravaggio. There is a transcendent effect in this painting, thus the blank title. See the descriptive alt text for the explanation after contemplating the scene.

Supper at Emmaus (Cena in Emmaus), 1601, by Caravaggio.

The artist aptly portrays the man in the center beardless, and as one recognizes the man is Jesus breaking the bread, one is in effect participating in the revealing as in Luke 24:13-35.

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Andre Walendowsky @walendowsky.bsky.social · 21/12/2025

“Behold, the virgin shall conceive and bear a son, and they shall call his name Immanuel” (which means, God with us). Matthew 1:23 (Isaiah 7:14) #Advent #Love 💜

Advent wreath with Hope (purple), Peace (purple), Joy (rose), and Love (purple) candles lit (in this order).

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Andre Walendowsky @walendowsky.bsky.social · 20/12/2025

A week after refilling the compost box, the temperature on the ground outside the box was 65.5F (18.5C), and the temperature on top of the compost was 87.0F (30.5C). Plus, earthworms in healthy numbers! It seems I got a good mix of greens, browns, and humidity. #Composting #Gardening 🍂 👉 🌱

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Andre Walendowsky @walendowsky.bsky.social · 19/12/2025

The first of these books (Commandments) is a Christmas present for my son this year. The next two (Prayer & Apostles') are also presents from past occasions, and the last one (Nicene) is a recent gift from church for his forthcoming Confirmation. I hope he will treasure this as he does the others. 🙏

The Ten Commandements
For All God's Children
Art by Natasha Kennedy
Text by Harold L. Senkbeil

The Lord's Prayer
For All God's Children
Art by Natasha Kennedy
Text by Harold L. Senkbeil

The Apostles' Creed
For All God's Children
Art by Natasha Kennedy
Text by Ben Myers

The Nicene Creed
Illustrated and Instructed for Kids
by Joey Fitzgerald

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Andre Walendowsky @walendowsky.bsky.social · 14/12/2025

Interesting! The Harrowing of Hades suggests that the gates (of hell) have been broken by Jesus from outside, as He has conquered death. Now, as one is regenerated, we could say our bondage (our gates) is broken by the Holy Spirit from inside. This is my non-scholar, still-learning, understanding.

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Andre Walendowsky @walendowsky.bsky.social · 14/12/2025

Compost sifted, turned, and refilled! #Composting #Gardening 🍂 👉 🌱

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Andre Walendowsky @walendowsky.bsky.social · 30/11/2025

Great and amazing are your deeds, O Lord God the Almighty! Just and true are your ways, O King of the nations! Who will not fear, O Lord, and glorify your name? For you alone are holy. All nations will come and worship you, for your righteous acts have been revealed. Revelation 15:3-4 #Advent #BCP

Supplemental Canticles for Worship

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Magna et mirabilia
The Song of the Redeemed

Especially suitable for use in Advent and Easter

O ruler of the universe, Lord God, great deeds are they that you have done,
surpassing human understanding.
Your ways are ways of righteousness and truth,
O King of all the ages.
Who can fail to do you homage, Lord, and sing the praises of your Name?
For you only are the Holy One.
All nations will draw near and fall down before you,
because your just and holy works have been revealed.

Glory be to the Father, and to the Son, and to the Holy Spirit;
as it was in the beginning, is now, and ever shall be, world without end.
Amen.

Revelation 15:3-4

Daily Office · Supplemental Canticles

2019 Book of Common Prayer 79

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Andre Walendowsky @walendowsky.bsky.social · 30/11/2025

Supplemental Eucharistic Texts Seasonal Greetings For Advent Celebrant Surely the Lord is coming soon. People Amen. Come Lord Jesus! Revelation 22:20 The Holy Eucharist · Supplemental Texts - Seasonal Greetings 2019 BCP 145 #Advent #Eucharist #Thanksgiving #BookofCommonPrayer #BCP

Supplemental Eucharistic Texts

Seasonal Greetings

The opening Acclamation may be replaced by a greeting appropriate to the season or the occasion, such as the following

For Advent
Celebrant Surely the Lord is coming soon.
People Amen. Come Lord Jesus!
Revelation 22:20

The Holy Eucharist · Supplemental Texts - Seasonal Greetings

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Andre Walendowsky @walendowsky.bsky.social · 30/11/2025

Seasonal Antiphons Advent Our King and Savior now draws near: * O come, let us adore him. Daily Office · Daily Morning Prayer 2019 BCP 29 #Advent #DailyOffice #DailyMorningPrayer #MorningOffice #MorningPrayer #BookofCommonPrayer #BCP

Seasonal Antiphons

Advent

Our King and Savior now draws near:
O come, let us adore him.

Daily Office · Daily Morning Prayer

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Andre Walendowsky @walendowsky.bsky.social · 30/11/2025

Opening Sentences of Scripture Advent Therefore stay awake … lest he come suddenly and find you asleep. Mark 13:35-36 Daily Office · Daily Evening Prayer 2019 BCP 54 #Advent #DailyOffice #DailyEveningPrayer #EveningOffice #EveningPrayer #BookofCommonPrayer #BCP

Opening Sentences of Scripture

Advent

Therefore stay awake—for you do not know when the master of the house will come, in the evening, or at midnight, or when the rooster crows, or in the morning—lest he come suddenly and find you asleep. Mark 13:35-36

Daily Office · Daily Evening Prayer

2019 Book of Common Prayer 54

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Andre Walendowsky @walendowsky.bsky.social · 30/11/2025

Opening Sentences of Scripture Advent In the wilderness prepare the way of the Lord; make straight in the desert a highway for our God. Isaiah 40:3 Daily Office · Daily Morning Prayer 2019 BCP 27 #Advent #DailyOffice #DailyMorningPrayer #MorningOffice #MorningPrayer #BookofCommonPrayer #BCP

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Andre Walendowsky @walendowsky.bsky.social · 30/11/2025

HAPPY YEAR A ! Isaiah 2:1-5 Psalm 122 Romans 13:8-14 Matthew 24:29-44 Have a blessed Advent 🕯️ !! #YearA #Advent #Lectionary #Anglican #BookofCommonPrayer #BCP #2019BCP

Collects of the Christian Year

Advent

The First Sunday in Advent

Almighty God, give us grace to cast away the works of darkness, and put on the armor of light, now in the time of this mortal life in which your Son Jesus Christ came to visit us in great humility; that in the last day, when he shall come again in his glorious majesty to judge both the living and the dead, we may rise to the life immortal; through him who lives and reigns with you and the Holy Spirit, one God, now and for ever. Amen.

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Andre Walendowsky @walendowsky.bsky.social · 27/11/2025

Then I saw a post from the 23rd evening (in Germany) asking in the past tense: how did you celebrate the Advent – or so I thought. What I failed to notice was the "0." implying prior to "1." which means "the first (Sunday)" – which I only learned today when I came across a post with "1. Advent" 2/2

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Andre Walendowsky @walendowsky.bsky.social · 27/11/2025

Short story: I misread it. Long story: Last Sunday I was searching Bluesky for "Advent" and "#Advent" to learn how various traditions/expressions experience Advent, and I came across quite a few German language posts (we use the same word) which appeared (to me) to be already observing Advent. … 1/2

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Andre Walendowsky @walendowsky.bsky.social · 17/11/2025

I think you are referring to the Renewal of Baptismal Vows. In the 2019 BCP the vows are found in pages 194-196. The Baptismal Rite per se is found in page 161 ff.

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Andre Walendowsky @walendowsky.bsky.social · 11/11/2025

O God, the author of peace and lover of concord, to know you is eternal life and to serve you is perfect freedom: Defend us, your humble servants, in all assaults of our enemies; that we, surely trusting in your defense, may not fear the power of any adversaries, through Jesus Christ our Lord. Amen.

The Second Collect, for Peace.
O God, who art the author of peace and lover of concord, in knowledge of whom standeth our eternal life, whose service is perfect freedom: Defend us thy humble servants in all assaults of our enemies, that we, surely trusting in thy defence, may not fear the power of any adversaries, through the might of Jesus Christ our Lord. Amen.
MORNING PRAYER 14 1662 BCP-IE

A Collect for Peace
O God, the author of peace and lover of concord, to know you is eternal life and to serve you is perfect freedom: Defend us, your humble servants, in all assaults of our enemies; that we, surely trusting in your defense, may not fear the power of any adversaries; through the might of Jesus Christ our Lord. Amen
Morning Prayer II 99 1979 BCP

A COLLECT FOR PEACE Tuesday
O God, the author of peace and lover of concord, to know you is eternal life and to serve you is perfect freedom: Defend us, your humble servants, in all assaults of our enemies; that we, surely trusting in your defense, may not fear the power of any adversaries, through the might of Jesus Christ our Lord. Amen.
DAILY MORNING PRAYER 23 2019 BCP

1662 Book of Common Prayer International Edition
1979 Book of Common Prayer
2019 Book of Common Prayer

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Andre Walendowsky @walendowsky.bsky.social · 09/11/2025

"But the fruit of the Spirit is love, joy, peace, patience, kindness, goodness, faithfulness, gentleness, self-control" Galatians 5:22-23a Henry Nouwen (1932·1996) & Fred Rogers (1928·2003), also Mister Rogers, became good friends c. 1984. They encouraged, corresponded, and phoned each other often.

Henry Nouwen (24 January 1932 · 21 September 1996) and Fred Rogers (20 March 1928 · 27 February 2003), taken circa July 1992, ages 60 and 64 respectively.

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Andre Walendowsky @walendowsky.bsky.social · 03/11/2025

True! I forgot about The Word’s End (I may have watched this one twice so far). Though Hot Fuzz is my favorite, and I even have the DVD. This kind of humor just works for me as well. :-)

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Andre Walendowsky @walendowsky.bsky.social · 02/11/2025

I believe in … the communion of saints … Amen.

The Apostles' Creed:

I believe in God, the Father almighty,
creator of heaven and earth.
I believe in Jesus Christ, his only Son, our Lord.
He was conceived by the Holy Spirit
and born of the Virgin Mary.
He suffered under Pontius Pilate,
was crucified, died, and was buried.
He descended to the dead.
On the third day he rose again.
He ascended into heaven,
and is seated at the right hand of the Father.
He will come again to judge the living and the dead.
I believe in the Holy Spirit,
the holy catholic Church,
the communion of saints,
the forgiveness of sins,
the resurrection of the body,
and the life everlasting. Amen.

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Andre Walendowsky @walendowsky.bsky.social · 18/10/2025

We pray for your holy Catholic Church. Fill it with truth, in all truth with peace. Where it is corrupt, purify it; where it is in error, direct it; where in anything it is amiss, reform it. Where it is right, strengthen it; where it is in want, provide for it; where it is divided, reunite it; Amen.

Gracious Father, we pray for your holy Catholic Church. Fill it with all truth, in all truth with all peace. Where it is corrupt, purify it; where it is in error, direct it; where in anything it is amiss, reform it. Where it is right, strengthen it; where it is in want, provide for it; where it is divided, reunite it; for the sake of Jesus Christ your Son our Savior. Amen.

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Andre Walendowsky @walendowsky.bsky.social · 03/10/2025

Earliest known depiction of a child helping her grandmother find the new WiFi printer, circa 100 BC, Getty Villa. www.getty.edu/art/collecti...

Grave Naiskos of an Enthroned Woman with an Attendant, circa 100 BC.

Alternate Title: Gravestone of a Woman with Her Attendant.

On this funerary marble relief, a woman reaches out to lift the lid of a thin box held by an attendant. She sits on an elaborate, high-backed chair with a turned leg decorated with lions' paws and an arm support in the form of an eagle. She also wears snake bracelets, presumably gold, on her upper and lower arms.

The thin open box held by the attendant raises several questions. The two holes apparent on its base are evidence of an ancient repair, perhaps in the form of two metal pins intended to hold a now lost marble component in place.

On view at Getty Villa, Gallery 111, The Hellenistic World.

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Andre Walendowsky @walendowsky.bsky.social · 20/09/2025

I confess I haven't known about Carolyn Arends or Bellsburg project before, nor most Bellsburg artists. I sampled both on YouTube and found Arends and the project's artists very interesting. Thanks for the reply! 🙏 The Making of "Bellsburg… The Songs of Rich Mullins" www.youtube.com/watch?v=z48Q...

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Andre Walendowsky @walendowsky.bsky.social · 13/09/2025

… and was both impressed and pleased in my curiosity. The book I learned about it is Bede’s Ecclesiastical History which I began reading last week, and of all things I’ve read so far, I suppose it was the scarlet dye which impressed me most. :-)

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Andre Walendowsky @walendowsky.bsky.social · 13/09/2025

I often don’t recall (or think of) my dreams. Last night I had an odd one - they normally are - as I dreamt of an ancient scarlet dye which “remains unfaded by sunshine or rain; indeed, the older the cloth, the more beautiful its colour.” I “saw” it new, and I “saw” it old…

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Andre Walendowsky @walendowsky.bsky.social · 06/09/2025

Just one of my son’s top favorites! We’ve been watching it a couple of times a month for a while now! The Vicar’s scenes are some of my favorites by the way.

Wallace & Gromit: the Curse of the Were-rabbit DVD case.

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Andre Walendowsky @walendowsky.bsky.social · 05/09/2025

🗓️ September 5, Mother Teresa of Calcutta, Renewer of Society, 1997 (Ecumenical). Historical note: Dorothy Day (1897-1980) & Mother Teresa (1910-1997) met in 1970 in Calcutta, then in 1976 in New York for the International Eucharistic Congress, and in June 1979 in New York at Maryhouse (photograph).

Dorothy Day and Mother Teresa seated and holding hands in conversation at Maryhouse, New York, June 1979.

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Andre Walendowsky @walendowsky.bsky.social · 23/08/2025

According to Wikipedia, Deviled eggs are also known as stuffed eggs, curried eggs, dressed eggs or angel eggs.

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Andre Walendowsky @walendowsky.bsky.social · 13/08/2025

For some unresolved reason, I never got hold of an Aces High DVD, though I wanted to. To date, I have watched this film three times, twice on a rented VHS tape when I was a kid, and just a couple of months ago on Prime (still available by the way).

Battle of Britain (1969), The Blue Max (1966), Air America (1990), The Aviator (2004), Flyboys (2006), and Memphis Belle (1990) DVD covers, stacked up.

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Andre Walendowsky @walendowsky.bsky.social · 13/08/2025

Well, Battle of Britain (1969) might as well be my top warbird film, followed closely by Aces High (1976), then perhaps by The Blue Max (1966), with an "honorable mention" to Air America (1990), even though the latter features mostly cargo planes — all before CGI — just real pilots and real planes!

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Andre Walendowsky @walendowsky.bsky.social · 13/08/2025

4/4 … One thing though, Todd Hunter's book was Giving Church Another Chance. Back when we found ourselves without a home church, we picked this book up from our neighbor's Little Free Library - our neighbor knew our situation, so we wonder if she left it there on purpose, though we never asked. :-)

Book titled Giving Church Another Chance, Finding New Meaning in Spiritual Practices, by Todd D. Hunter, foreword by Scot McKnight.

Book titled Giving Church Another Chance by Hunter, stacked over Reading Romans Backwards by Scot McKnight.

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Andre Walendowsky @walendowsky.bsky.social · 12/08/2025

Now may the God of peace himself sanctify you completely, and may your whole spirit and soul and body be kept blameless at the coming of our Lord Jesus Christ. 1 Thessalonians 5:23

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