Tuesday, December 1, 2009

Service by the Lay

I was biking home tonight and passed a place selling stone. It had a sign out the front; "Full Supply and Lay Service".
As a Christian - gosh I hate that phrase, so usually followed by some judgemental statement about something. As an aside I don't think Jesus ever used that sort of condescending approach, he seems a lot more straight up about things - anyway I digress.
The reason I mention the Christian bit is because probably to others this sign made perfect sense but for some reason my brain was on another track. Lay in a church setting usually refers to people who are not clergy(the ones who are vicars and bishops and stuff). The Lay people are everyone else.
So here I am thinking why are they saying "lay service"? Is their service a step down, dealing with the everyday people not the people set aside to be in charge of the stone? Are they planning a service run by the lay and what has this to do with stone?
Then it clicked.
Oh they lay the stone for you.
I didn't even go to any service on Sunday, Lay or otherwise. But I think I need to get some sleep, my brain has gone weird.

Opinions on movies seen recently

  • The Visitor - Also brilliant - the ending was annoying but perfect and I'm glad they had the guts to keep the ending like that(but doesn't stop me being cross about it).
  • The secret life of bees - got mixed reviews, but I thought it was quite good. Queen Letifah was superb. It did follow the hero's journey general plot.
  • The Edge of Heaven - a brilliant movie I am going get out on DVD to watch again. It felt like I was right there in Turkey..
  • Happy Go Lucky - amusing, not one to stick in the brain though, still not sure why there was that really long drunk scene in it.
  • Gran Torino - better than I expected, a little OTT in some places eg, body lying in a cross shape. Followed the heros journey plot line too.
  • Bella - Quite different to what I had expected, interesting checking out the Mexican food they were cooking. I did enjoy it but it was quite sad. I don't think it was all about anti abortion as some reviews reckon - it was just a story.