tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-248285382024-03-13T05:02:22.896+00:00Apocalipstickthrough the lips
of a restless pilgrimSue Rinaldihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15660613480879520412noreply@blogger.comBlogger65125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-24828538.post-91895279518343770252013-09-13T14:41:00.001+01:002013-09-13T17:15:19.766+01:00GLAD TO BE GREY?<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">Radio 4 Woman's Hour is a constant source of information, inspiration and Naga chilli-hot topics...so well done Team Murray, and the recent discussion about whether dyeing grey hair is a feminist issue was absorbing! </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">On a personal note, my hair has ticked most colour boxes </span><span style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;">over the last 3 decades of my 'style evolution'</span><span style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;"> </span><span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">and even though the cut has been fairly consistent, the colour and shading combinations would put Laga Gaga to shame! Until recently that is! </span><span style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;">Budget wise, the supergrass nature of my hair has always meant numerous trips to the salon and even though one of the largest expense categories in my accounts has always been my hair, it is not simply a financial re-evaluation that is changing my cosmetological behaviour! I actually like how my hair is greying. Did I say that out loud? Will I now be tying a piece of leather to my glasses to prevent losing them? </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;">When silver streaks appeared, I immediately hit the colour charts but a few positive comments from an assortment of passers-by, airline stewards and friends gave me confidence to embrace the change, especially when they genuinely thought I had highlights! However, not all comments have been positive and the negative ones have usually favoured and promoted the cultural ideal of image and staying young, a point substantiated by a guest on Woman's Hour. "We are culturally conditioned to hang onto youth rather than <i>go boldly grey"</i> and therefore, to reveal the silver can be seen as a weakness, a giving in, a betrayal to the 'forever young crowd' and sadly, in some industries, an exit door or a barrier to promotion. (For women, that is.)</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;">Is embracing the grey a feminist decision? Firstly, going grey is not merely a female issue - men face it too but without the same amount of pressure and stigma attached. Secondly, it's about choice...and surely feminism is about the freedom to choose rather than being driven by fear to conform. Whether I am a feminist or not...embracing my grey continues to be a complex matter of peaceful negotiation within ...and right now, my colour choice does not diminish me, sideline me or mean I have 'let myself go'. Quite the opposite, like so many others around me, I am attempting to face and navigate the creative nuances of ageing with courage!</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;">So let's applaud and support one another through life's transitions rather than label, stigmatize or judge superficially. After all, isn't grey the new black...?</span><br />
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Sue Rinaldihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15660613480879520412noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-24828538.post-45992848884557974972013-08-23T11:17:00.001+01:002013-09-13T12:29:48.587+01:00THE SCARCITY OF SPACE<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
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<span style="background-color: white; font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;"><span style="color: #666666; line-height: 21px;">The duty of days and diary commitments, the panic of ideas half-done and aspirations unrealised, the often enriching and at times challenging activity of living and giving creates a pace which is hard to suspend...even for a moment. </span><br style="color: #666666; line-height: 21px;" /><br style="color: #666666; line-height: 21px;" /><span style="color: #666666; line-height: 21px;">Slow down? Think? Not think? Enjoy? Rest? For how long? What else could I be doing? These were the questions that scrambled my mind as if entertaining strangers...but soon I realised the unfamiliar pattern of stillness should not be a distant and rarely visited option but rather, an absolute necessity. Why? Well, within the stillness is not an absence but a presence. We are able to refresh the touch and awareness of our creator, soak in the wonder of such a designer and find opportunity to deepen our sense of habitation and purpose. </span><span style="color: #666666; line-height: 1.5;">I now want more, not less, moments of intentional reflection and meditation - so maybe my life speed has already become slightly re-configured! My scarcity of space does have a solution, and that solution is me!</span></span><br />
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Sue Rinaldihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15660613480879520412noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-24828538.post-75434713190286029252013-05-11T16:31:00.002+01:002013-05-11T16:40:52.018+01:00RADIANCE - NEW VIDEO<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
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It was co-written with a couple of friends for my Personal Worship 3 CD...and I think it captures the essence of the beauty and melody of God...<br />
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Sue Rinaldihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15660613480879520412noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-24828538.post-70119782588003458922013-05-06T17:54:00.001+01:002013-05-06T18:04:14.172+01:00NEVER ENOUGH<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
In a recent skype conversation with a friend, I mentioned my desire to do something worthwhile with my life...she laughed....silence.....and then with a twist of the ironic she responded.."of course, because you have never done that!" We switched topics.<br />
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This exchange took a few moments but the echo of her words unravelled many thoughts and emotions, events and encounters...and believe me, after almost 30 years of touring, travelling, performing and speaking, I had a lot of memories to draw upon! My overwhelming furiotic head narrative finally eased into a relatively calm and collected epiphany - I actually <i>never</i> allow myself to be happy about my achievements because they are <i>never enough</i>! So what lies beneath the <i>never enough</i>? What fears or fallacies occupy these depths? And.... have I allowed identity thieves to sit on the sofas of my inner chambers and rob me of any justifiable (and indeed God-given) sense of value?<br />
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Brene Brown quotes global activist Lynne Twist from her book 'The Soul of Money',<br />
"Before we even sit up in bed, before our feet touch the floor, we're already inadequate, already behind, already losing, already lacking something....this internal condition of scarcity, this mind-set of scarcity, lives at the very heart of our jealousies, our greed, our prejudice and our arguments."<br />
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According to Brown, worrying about scarcity or 'never enough', is "our culture's version of post-traumatic stress" and its an epidemic! "Never good enough, never perfect enough, never thin enough, never safe enough"...the list goes on...and thrives in a culture where everyone is "hyperaware of lack." She continues, "The opposite of scarcity is...wholeheartedness...at its very core is vulnerability and worthiness."<br />
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Already challenged and only a few pages in. My head keeps telling me I know all this, but my heart is disagreeing...another case of dualism in design...<br />
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so....it's not about bigging things up in order to feel more than enough; it's not about pimping up versions of the truth and glazing them with a glossy finish; it's not even about multiplying facebook followers by enhancing your digital persona.... <b>BUT it is about cultivating a place of worthiness and having the courage to own our vulnerabilities...</b><br />
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The recently planet-earth departed writer and contemplative Brennan Manning often spoke about 'belovedness' and below is my most favourite quote of his. There seems to be a tie up...and maybe this <i>never enough</i> will be bravely faced and conquered month by month as I actively cultivate worthiness - because of my belovedness and not because of any achievements...<br />
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Sue Rinaldihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15660613480879520412noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-24828538.post-86665589772770275642013-05-04T18:15:00.001+01:002013-05-04T18:15:32.043+01:00CHALLENGED GREATLY to DARE GREATLY - introducing<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
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Brenè Brown flew into my media world like a hi-speed hurricane and 2 TED Talks later, I was blown away. Her rational and heartfelt thoughts about her journey into vulnerability was illuminating and challenging, as she laced her evolving epiphany with heaped spoonfuls of humour as well as citrus-sharp insight and mouth-watering self-awareness. To be honest, it was bitter-sweet!<br />
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To recap for those who have never heard of Brene or TED.<br />
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She is a research professor, speaker and author and has spent the last decade studying vulnerability, courage, worthiness and shame. TED is devoted to ideas worth spreading and brings people together from the 3 worlds of Technology, Entertainment and Design. Talks and performances from inspired speakers can be found at <a href="http://www.ted.com/" target="_blank">www.ted.com</a> and they really are...inspiring!<br />
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Brenè Brown and TED collided in 2010 at TEDx Houston when she gave a talk on '<a href="http://www.ted.com/talks/brene_brown_on_vulnerability.html" target="_blank">The Power Of Vulnerability'</a>, which went viral, and 'Daring Greatly' is an expansive version of those 20 minutes. Of course....get the book, watch the TED talk. In no way am I writing book study notes, but I will regularly provide mini-lunches of personal and probably, random, responses...so very soon, taste and see.... and if you delve into 'Daring Greatly for yourself, I guarantee a banquet!<br />
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I will outro this intro with her book-buzzing quote from USA President Theodore Roosevelt's speech 'Citizenship in a Republic'.<br />
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<span style="color: #45818e;">"It is not the critic who counts; not the man who points out how the strong man stumbles, or where the doer of deeds could have done them better. </span><br />
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<span style="color: #45818e;">who at the best knows in the end the triumph of high achievement, and who at the worst, if he fails, at least fails <b>daring greatly</b>."</span><br />
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Sue Rinaldihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15660613480879520412noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-24828538.post-5808633811278383702012-01-21T17:26:00.000+00:002012-01-21T17:26:27.820+00:00THE DAILY SPICE - INDIA LOVES BIKES<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
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One of the things you notice first is the amount of bikes..everywhere...flying past you, behind you, in front of you...in fact there are few rules of the road here...it's a case of "If there is a space, drive into it"....which makes for an interesting journey!<br />
The main bikes are ROYAL ENFIELD.. first built and designed in England but now owned by India...and new models are coming out all the time. Their website is announcing a Thunderbird 500 coming soon, a Classic Chrome, a Desert Storm...the list goes on...<br />
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All these bikes add to the frenzy of the streets...so many people...about 1.22
billion, making it the 2nd most populous country in the world. India
represents almost 17.31% of the world's population, which means one out of six
people on this planet live in India and by 2050 it's expected to be top with 1.7 billion. Even more interesting is that over 50% of the current population are under 25 years!!<br />
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These statistics are challenging for a country so rapidly changing with the influx of technology and consumerism but also in a country full of stark contrasts...from bollywood splendour to slum tragedy and from media momentum to poverty traps...and yet each person is unique and equally loved by their designer - God.<br />
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Big delights can come in small packages...<br />
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Today I went for coffee in Lonavala...and it really is a visual overload! People, bikes, rickshaw taxis and loads of wild dogs...I have never seen so many dogs...walking around, lying down by the roadside...Oh and cows...many cows...<br />
The colors, the smells, the traffic noise, the rubbish, the slums...the market stalls...it all activates your eyes and your heart...take a look at this Flip video I shot to give a tiny taste of Lonavala...<br />
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<a href="https://www.facebook.com/suerinaldi" target="_blank">Go to video</a></div>Sue Rinaldihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15660613480879520412noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-24828538.post-49017706633632389352012-01-16T13:11:00.005+00:002012-01-16T13:25:30.064+00:00THE DAILY SPICE - MONDAY 16<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjL_MNAJaXASoiSQpVnrkp3b875BP7TcnIMh5ExHo87vNdS3yV8elaWFqCQlMjDiEEmvmTrsB9pWqlhbQEivOp3DdveqUj2H8PXwGYW-WH1a_spHbBIpC7Ai23fKRXmVOoOniDKBg/s1600/photo.PNG"><img style="float:right; margin:0 0 10px 10px;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 214px; height: 320px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjL_MNAJaXASoiSQpVnrkp3b875BP7TcnIMh5ExHo87vNdS3yV8elaWFqCQlMjDiEEmvmTrsB9pWqlhbQEivOp3DdveqUj2H8PXwGYW-WH1a_spHbBIpC7Ai23fKRXmVOoOniDKBg/s320/photo.PNG" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5698220118129646578" /></a><br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhOVudIP-M2Ui1n0UIFxYlts0WWDCIshQnN-w5kT0sv099jONnpH0Gdo0sZnRHsa1UfpC1kLebRwS7yyt2mjaKlpmR8N652k0kJjcte4RxhvqYKE2YLv8d1I6amliDD_fGn0rGTug/s1600/photo.JPG"><img style="float:right; margin:0 10px 10px 0;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 239px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhOVudIP-M2Ui1n0UIFxYlts0WWDCIshQnN-w5kT0sv099jONnpH0Gdo0sZnRHsa1UfpC1kLebRwS7yyt2mjaKlpmR8N652k0kJjcte4RxhvqYKE2YLv8d1I6amliDD_fGn0rGTug/s320/photo.JPG" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5698219222809327378" /></a><br />SUNSHINE !!<br /><br />So nice to step outside and feel the sun jamming down through the blue sky...Had a great day today getting to know the students..leading worship and beginning to teach about Creativity...Always amazes me , that you can cross cultures and experience the diversity of influence and tradition...but the human heart stays the same wherever you are born..fragile yet strong...seeking purpose, navigating the life-maze and loving the truth of being valued...<br /><br />Unity and Diversity...it goes together like Rice and Dhal!!Sue Rinaldihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15660613480879520412noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-24828538.post-21385124956573969312012-01-15T17:00:00.004+00:002012-01-15T17:13:08.065+00:00All Things Spice<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhO7B_GydbX_buDJHaUUOq16PZbEh2MsVXQcCyInnT2JLWrUlx2-EW3bo6KP2GD5pLzljtVhe-Vp1XMevZBAfrxx_BOhcADb76t97CXfAIyq0mseEe9RwBIqibDIkfvVnMQot68Xw/s1600/photo.JPG"><img style="float:right; margin:0 0 10px 10px;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 239px; height: 320px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhO7B_GydbX_buDJHaUUOq16PZbEh2MsVXQcCyInnT2JLWrUlx2-EW3bo6KP2GD5pLzljtVhe-Vp1XMevZBAfrxx_BOhcADb76t97CXfAIyq0mseEe9RwBIqibDIkfvVnMQot68Xw/s320/photo.JPG" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5697907324317823170" /></a><br />Here I am at the start of my second trip to India..in a place close to Mumbai called Lonavala. I am teaching at a Creative Arts School DTS and a contributor to an Arts Gathering at the end of January which is 'gathering' artists from all over India. Occasional stand alone worship events in Pune plus a Hotel concert await me...my time is FULL..and I shall keep you informed of the varied happenings that will surely come my way.<br /><br />My travel day yesterday was eventful with police helicopters on Heathrow runway and roadworks on Mumbai runway...causing delays on the ground both ways...and then a Conveyor Belt breakdown made my luggage wait very intrepid...late night/early morning hour...hundreds of people and thousands of bags...and apparently the closer you stand to the conveyor belt, the quicker the bag arrives!!!! What is that about??<br /><br />Tomorrow starts early...and if you know anything about me, it's that I do not like mornings!! But it's going to be exciting seeing what will happen here amongst artists who love God..within an amazing and challenging country.<br /><br />I LOVE Indian food and my first rice and dhal was quite delicious..the same awaits me tomorrow...and the day after...but thankfully the crisp manufacturers will provide in a very India-tastic kind of way!! As you can see...no Salt & Vinegar here!!Sue Rinaldihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15660613480879520412noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-24828538.post-13962638368181798152010-04-20T14:42:00.003+01:002010-04-20T15:14:26.630+01:00THE AIR THAT I BREATHE<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhU697C7O1ceNjcxY8FJbGqdk5L_LsIpK8MvT-433AD4TLu7ZvwTDM8BY0FKix81xl4X2Q941EHhhTKQV5WblX6cc1hcYjsMssvyyME7dU4wS4LLY6z63nnrB_A0lXhO0GgcIqoGw/s1600/52559_1_230c.jpeg"><img style="float:left; margin:0 10px 10px 0;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 230px; height: 150px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhU697C7O1ceNjcxY8FJbGqdk5L_LsIpK8MvT-433AD4TLu7ZvwTDM8BY0FKix81xl4X2Q941EHhhTKQV5WblX6cc1hcYjsMssvyyME7dU4wS4LLY6z63nnrB_A0lXhO0GgcIqoGw/s320/52559_1_230c.jpeg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5462215209096794818" /></a> Apparently we are not breathing deep enough! Yes it took a 30 year study to confirm something we already know. Singers are aware that to sing well you need to breathe well. Also as a leader of sung worship, reflections and meditations, there is often an emphasis on 'breathing in' as a way of feeling enlarged and rejuvenated....aka the breath of life!<br /><br />Trendhunter.com, a great resource for catching the trend waves and observing future patterns, reveals that breathing is the focus of a current trend and an indicator of that trend is found in popular music. An examination of all popular songs over the last 30+ years entitled Breathe reveals that over 70 percent of those songs have been released in the last 10 years.<br /><br />This is "indicative of feeling a type of communal suffocation. The 21st century has brought an increase in pressures on people and when there are increased pressures on us, physical and mental, we don’t breathe as we should. We use shallow breathing and when we do that we don’t relieve stress. Bottom line: If we don’t take time to breathe, we can’t be creative, we can’t solve problems, and we can’t be truly innovative".<br /><br />Great how God is originally revealed as the breath of life and as we see in Genesis, 'cosmically creative' PLUS the Hebrew word behind Spirit is <span style="font-style:italic;">Ruach</span> which means 'air in motion' or 'breath'! <br /><br />So, breathe deep and know where that breath began and that creativity and innovation are by-products of breathing. I love it when futuristic messengers tell the old, old story!!Sue Rinaldihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15660613480879520412noreply@blogger.com4tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-24828538.post-84800386336384301972010-04-11T11:00:00.003+01:002010-04-11T11:10:27.226+01:00JUST SAY 'NOT NOW'Ever felt caught...ensnared...trapped? Have you ever said 'Yes' and within a minute of putting the phone down you wished you hadn't have felt so pressurised into making a decision?<br /><br />Recently a phone saleswomen did just that to me...and I said Yes. The Carphone Warehouse lady was trying to get me to upgrade my iphone and she was so insistent that even I, usually so questioning and cautious, gave in!! However the phone did not arrive on the day they promised and I cancelled after 4 lengthy calls to customer services, a day of re-arranged appointments in order to be there for the door, a 25 pound taxi bill and quantifiable frustration...<br /><br />So Carphone Warehouse became Nophone Warehouse...<br /><br />Note to self...always say "Let me think about it and I will call you back" rather than YES to a persistent seller! Also what a comment on our fast paced NOW culture...I do not need to do things NOW!! Some things can wait...I guess wisdom shows us what things can wait and what things can't!!Sue Rinaldihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15660613480879520412noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-24828538.post-39524312767348163442010-04-07T10:57:00.013+01:002010-04-07T11:29:21.974+01:00APRIL ALREADY!<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjjTigzJ_QdMU4EkgPyWW7gZFKJDoKIhYp7DpnJ8O9_IkBvJGfiNV8bJe4cs7Y40r-Hn17cCf8-NEpTgBTBwfucd0Qe0vNNUV8aogE_Ig1-HpgUe0frnlH6-pbUCKlsNKKUukICQA/s1600/NF17.jpg"><img style="float:left; margin:0 10px 10px 0;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 180px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjjTigzJ_QdMU4EkgPyWW7gZFKJDoKIhYp7DpnJ8O9_IkBvJGfiNV8bJe4cs7Y40r-Hn17cCf8-NEpTgBTBwfucd0Qe0vNNUV8aogE_Ig1-HpgUe0frnlH6-pbUCKlsNKKUukICQA/s320/NF17.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5457338287420657026" /></a> Can you believe how fast time is going this year...?<br />I have just come back from a great trip in Canada...leading worship, training musicians and singers and teaching on creativity and songwriting. First stop Orillia with Marc DuPont, then Brampton, then Niagara and then Ajax and Toronto...<br />The Orillia conference was wonderful - great people, great weather and great divine happenings...but 2 other moments stand out to me...<br /><br />I stayed one night in Niagara Falls and was upgraded to a room overlooking the Falls...it was my personal IMAX. I could not take my eyes off the beauty and marvel of the waterfall...I remember this place as the birthplace of my song CREATION PRAISE - recorded on Personal Worship 3 - and my next blog will feature a link to a spontaneous reflection I videoed whilst staying there this time.<br /><br />Also special was my time spent with a tamil church in Scarborough, near Toronto - New Strong Tower Church. Once Hindu, now Christian and finding ways to worship and live out their faith with the complexities of mixed cultural perspectives...a YOUNG church, the band and singers were skilled and I had some great spicy food!!! It was great 2 be with them and challenging.<br /><br />So 2 outstanding memories and both point to a God bigger than I, a God bigger than any celebrity and a God whom creation praises. There are still many unanswered questions.....but this walk of faith is a journey!! Right?Sue Rinaldihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15660613480879520412noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-24828538.post-47694555580314230082009-06-13T15:45:00.005+01:002009-06-13T15:58:03.825+01:00TIME RACES BYWell spotted...some of you are saying that I am in blog neglect!! Yes...simply due to the fact that the days are just not long enough...<br /><br />Well..a quick update...<br /><br />Been involved in lots of worship events which have been good. Last week near Fleet in a designer village called Elvetham Heath, 40 people turned up for a creativity/music seminar WITH instruments!! That was a challenge... finding something that would allow all 40 to be involved...it was a great time. And those that came were keen for some more consistent training and opportunities to simply TRY...<br /><br />How true it is that our worship team rehearsals and music practices often attend to learning songs and practicing in order to produce. We are not good at allowing time for the creative energy of collaboration and experimentation to happen... we become producers rather than adventurers and risk takers...Does that sound familiar???<br /><br />Also.been involved in the live album of the Spring Harvest event this easter. I was A&R for the double album which meant song selection and contributing to the mixes and mastering...and bringing it all together with the artwork...Its sounding GREAT...and I will tell u when it is released..<br /><br />Enough for now...Sue Rinaldihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15660613480879520412noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-24828538.post-28029871944782273002009-03-19T09:52:00.002+00:002009-03-19T09:59:27.614+00:00The B TourFunny how sequences appear! Recent trip destinations have begun with the letter B. Belfast , Bookham, Budapest and Birmingham. Had great moments of fellowship and friendship. Now an L destination has elevated me up the alphabet a bit - Lancaster!<br /><br />So what's next in this letter adventure. Oh yes S for Surbiton and Skegness! There we go again!Sue Rinaldihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15660613480879520412noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-24828538.post-4022521265344968392009-02-03T18:07:00.001+00:002009-02-03T18:07:58.559+00:00EUROVISION TIMEMuch to the amusement of my friends, I have always been a fan of the Eurovision Song Contest. I try and watch it live BUT if I am busy travelling and working, I faithfully record it and watch it later. <br /><br />Now, I expected great things this year with Lloyd Webber teaming up with the amazing songwriter Diane Warren. However I am sad...very sad. My heart has not gone 'boom bang a bang' at all. In fact quite the opposite! Is it only me who thinks it is a very lacklustre and clumsy, irritating tune with uninspired lyrics?<br /><br />I am glad Jade is representing us though. She has the full quota of talent to be a star...but has she got enough to make this song fly??<br />I am relieved the UK voters saw sense and that we didn't end up with the creatively titled 'TheTwins'<br />What do you all think??<br /><br />Sue Rinaldihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15660613480879520412noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-24828538.post-90701380745694353062008-09-07T20:52:00.004+01:002008-09-09T09:15:19.791+01:00SINCE WHEN DID COOKING BECOME SO MALE?I have just finished watching the quarter finals of 'Professional Masterchef'...and the irony of it all is boiling over!!!<br /><br />Cooking and 'being in the kitchen' has always been seen to be the domestic domain of the wife, the mother, the daughter....actually anyone who is a woman! Whether you wanted to cook or not...whether you were a cuisine terrorist or not, it really didn't matter. If you were female, you were cooking! And yet - with the current Masterchef series, every finalist so far is male, every judge is male and so far every restaurant taster is, yes you guessed it, male!! <br /><br />So.. when did testosterone decide who wears the apron??Sue Rinaldihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15660613480879520412noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-24828538.post-27309867767877595142008-07-27T20:07:00.010+01:002008-07-28T06:21:31.834+01:00SCREENAGERS !<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://edcommunity.apple.com/ali/resize3.php?image=/galleryfiles/14137/screenager_shadow.png&width=281&height=287"><img style="float:left; margin:0 10px 10px 0;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 200px;" src="http://edcommunity.apple.com/ali/resize3.php?image=/galleryfiles/14137/screenager_shadow.png&width=281&height=287" border="0" alt="" /></a> Have you noticed how people prefer relating to screens than to faces? All kinds of screens; on laptop's, iphone's, nintendo dslite's, ipod's, television's, psp 2's - and all kinds of people; young AND not so young!<br /><br />Even I have a confession here! The more time I spend on my beautiful, gorgeous, clever MAC, the less inclined I feel to talk to real people! It kind of numbs me a little. Anyone relate to that?<br /><br />And how about those people who randomly flick through TV channels, watching nothing in particular, and yet get annoyed when you try and talk to them! Not to mention the times when a game on the screen is considered more exciting than an encounter with another human being! At the touch of a button we can be wildly entertained at any time of any day. It's the era of the non- stop! And is it just me that enjoys online buying so that I don't need to leave my house??? Are we getting lazy? <br /><br />Now as I say, I am not faultless in this..but it seems more and more the screen is winning and humanity is losing! <br /><br />Maybe we need to exercise more self-discipline to drag our eyes away from the beloved screen, or maybe we need to nurture a greater sense of respect and interest in others...but something needs to shift before we become even more relationally dysfunctional. <br /><br />The screenager is alive and well on planet earth...and that's why I am posting my thoughts on a blog rather than actually talking to you!!Sue Rinaldihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15660613480879520412noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-24828538.post-71767152949905484052008-06-25T17:29:00.002+01:002008-06-25T17:33:57.767+01:00Back Soon 2 BloglandSitting in Denver airport waiting for my next plane to Bakersfield, California and aware I haven't written here for a LONG time! Many reasons including travel, work and writing projects...but I will get back on track soon. and tell you all about France and my current USA trip.<br /><br />Already driving some large and wonderful vehicles...so continuing my USA thing of having a variety of different cars 2 drive! So see you soon!Sue Rinaldihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15660613480879520412noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-24828538.post-51577118473931439072008-05-07T17:29:00.006+01:002008-05-07T18:06:53.887+01:00U2 in 3D<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjnt3HPyrRrb_gszEFpWaAdYptp3lOwqiwZI1vepjtW2gPNgWQuAQy-N-_4C3QRrou6VjsbFExbBmVV4FuCCymN0d0ShKrzNWmi0LiGgOFJvc2XeyfXKtLnEIbOR6cUodtDMv4WPA/s1600-h/l6788772762_9814.jpg"><img style="float:left; margin:0 10px 10px 0;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjnt3HPyrRrb_gszEFpWaAdYptp3lOwqiwZI1vepjtW2gPNgWQuAQy-N-_4C3QRrou6VjsbFExbBmVV4FuCCymN0d0ShKrzNWmi0LiGgOFJvc2XeyfXKtLnEIbOR6cUodtDMv4WPA/s200/l6788772762_9814.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5197683446303151314" /></a>What an amazing experience! Once you get past wearing those ridiculous glasses, you are virtually on stage with Bono and the boys - feeling the energy and enjoying the glow of the live performance filmed in Beunos Aires, Argentina. You strut the stage, glare at the wood finish of the guitars and almost sit at the drums with Larry! It's incredible! <br /><br />This 3d thing is close up stuff! Trailers for the upcoming 'Dinosaurs' and 'Sea Monsters' movies were exhilarating! But watching U2 in concert made my heart jump! I was struck again by the simplicity of their music and how brilliantly that works for them. And I was impacted on many levels at the way a message can be communicated so effortlessly but so poignantly! Bono, of course, is a champion communicator! You only have to read his book 'Bono on Bono' to see how he breathes in the importance of justice and breathes out action and change! Throughout the concert he cleverly informs - for example about Martin Luther King - and then melodically inspires a change of heart. Love not hate, generosity not greed, peaceful co-existence not war. <br /><br />If he can stir up a crowd to sing a rock anthem, maybe he <span style="font-weight:bold;">can</span> stir up a crowd to make poverty history! To me he symbolises a leather clad messenger of the cross with shades on!Sue Rinaldihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15660613480879520412noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-24828538.post-59029401980594370622008-04-20T23:27:00.002+01:002008-04-21T01:07:15.795+01:00WARSAWHow great it was to actually sing tonight! Thankfully my voice is coming back and I can't tell you what a relief and pleasure that is!! About 200 people gathered in the large church and listened to over 1 hour of music. People seemed touched by the songs stories and observations on life, and I spent a lot of time signing Cd's and trying to spell their names! <br /><br />On a more practical note, take a look at my <a href="http://gallery.mac.com/suerinaldimedia#100040">bathroom bliss</a>Sue Rinaldihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15660613480879520412noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-24828538.post-50583375084047152402008-04-18T20:15:00.004+01:002008-04-19T07:52:08.756+01:00POLAND continued<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgmMWBvtgv7fgsef_FJViARn4DEGxvwVGq_1ezAoSJ7e5HAj_3Qlt8Tqo6fnuQS7yzP9bq8hNhQQD9iDsqZB6flpxQMDjR9iKRUPmDVHv88Ddk5gx5ukwfKAd-sMxESheCZpLet5w/s1600-h/CIMG1698.JPG"><img style="float:left; margin:0 10px 10px 0;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgmMWBvtgv7fgsef_FJViARn4DEGxvwVGq_1ezAoSJ7e5HAj_3Qlt8Tqo6fnuQS7yzP9bq8hNhQQD9iDsqZB6flpxQMDjR9iKRUPmDVHv88Ddk5gx5ukwfKAd-sMxESheCZpLet5w/s320/CIMG1698.JPG" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5190667791073063234" /></a> Well...this is another Polish adventure. I took an evening of rest last night and didn't do the concert that was planned. The hard working team I am with covered it! But today has been full. Spoke to over 1000 teenagers this morning and tonight I SANG in the 500 year old cathedral in Lomza! The Church was beautiful with very natural acoustics, and I was careful not to push voice...but people appreciated the evening. And it was great to be able to sing!!! <br />Next stop - Warsaw!Sue Rinaldihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15660613480879520412noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-24828538.post-90285871952613831292008-04-17T14:12:00.006+01:002008-04-17T15:05:53.216+01:00THE POLISH WAY<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjsE4oAtOybilNJ0ulsMluCgze3A559SYHzq1d8qzXDq6pQcUo26zfVU4zE8O2qpnRN0LzxFPk505UxsOpNuWDosqg42w9kKAc_eQcmrALkhjz9C8PQrhnBbA-0L4_6ZTOAi3B9Bg/s1600-h/poland.jpg"><img style="float:left; margin:0 10px 10px 0;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjsE4oAtOybilNJ0ulsMluCgze3A559SYHzq1d8qzXDq6pQcUo26zfVU4zE8O2qpnRN0LzxFPk505UxsOpNuWDosqg42w9kKAc_eQcmrALkhjz9C8PQrhnBbA-0L4_6ZTOAi3B9Bg/s400/poland.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5190212996986089778" /></a>Still driving round Poland, performing concerts in schools, culture centres and cathedrals. <br />Unfortunately, I am struggling with a throat and middle ear infection and so have seen 3 doctors so far and been prescribed LOADS of pills and anti-biotics. We have had to rearrange the content of the concerts and today I cancelled tonight's concert in order to give me time to get my strength! And to improve the voice! Keeping going has weakened me, and yesterday after a bumpy 10 hours drive from Barlinek to Lomsa, I felt 'on the edge'! <br />Anyhow, the concerts have touched people and the performances to the schools have been well received. Here is a map of the route plus the last tour! The stars indicate places I have visited here in other years!!Sue Rinaldihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15660613480879520412noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-24828538.post-47112066657342106682008-04-14T16:04:00.006+01:002008-04-14T16:20:35.299+01:00SKEGNESS TO POLANDTake a look at this video...I recorded an intro here in Poland for a song we HAD to do at Spring Harvest for the morning all age event! I recorded it to remind myself that we actually did do this!!! Not just once but FOUR times!! <br /><br /><a href="http://gallery.mac.com/suerinaldimedia#100000">LINK</a>Sue Rinaldihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15660613480879520412noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-24828538.post-58357334267452886032008-04-14T15:48:00.003+01:002008-04-14T16:04:01.732+01:00SPRING HARVESTWhat a great time! 2 weeks in Skegness! The first week I was co-leading a Worship Masterclass alongside Chris Bowater, Dave Bilbrough and Ben Cantelon. The day consisted of teaching, skills workshops and question times. It all went brilliantly. In the second week I was leading worship in the Big Top.<br /><br />There were long days and snow and sleet but it was a great experience...and the musicians with me in the Big Top were wonderful! My friend Andy Booth co-led with me. From there I went to Poland for a 2 week tour but have picked up a viral infection which is pretty bad. Got the doctor in to give me huge antibiotics and medical attention and I am hoping not to cancel too much!<br /><br />Right now in Nowa Sol and travel to Barlinek tomorrow! Internet access is patchy but I will try to update you.<br />Every time I come to Poland, I have an adventure!!!Sue Rinaldihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15660613480879520412noreply@blogger.com1