Mr Gnome, coffee and cake - a perfect threesome.OK, possibly this scrummy trinity lacks something of the theological heft of the Big Three, but, all the same, they are very nearly all-sufficient, particularly when served up in the Greenbelt Festival's semi-legendary Tiny Tea Tent.
Mr Gnome and the HB relished every moment of their recent visit to this unique festival, frequently sallying forth from the TTT to be stimulated, charmed, challenged, moved and delighted.
The festival offers talks, seminars, panels, drama, music, dance, visual arts, film, loads of participation and fun.
And all within the context of an intelligent, questing, provocative relationship with the Christian faith.
Greenbelt is open and welcoming, offering a forum for a very wide spectrum of opinion and practice.
It's unique within the UK Christian set-up: nowhere else would you find so many varied views and opinions, co-existing in an atmosphere of respect and willingness to listen.
Consequently the festival is both challenging and a remarkably 'safe space' for those who feel themselves, for whatever reason, to be on the edge of the orthodox church scene.
So, hurrah for Greenbelt.
Both Mr G and the HB intend to return in 2009.
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Must get back to Greenbelt. I seem to have been on Bank Holiday cover duty every year for ever now. 2009. Will try. Thanks for the reminder.
Hurrah!
Our Trappist chum, Brother Richard of St Briavels, has declared a similar intention.
May you be blessed on your pligrimage.
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