Beau comme un camion, again


You don't have no robe? You mean the Protestant pastors in Britain don't wear a robe?


Well it's a good job Sammy and I are about the same dap, and that he left his robe behind the office door. It still took about 10 minutes and two strong men (an ex-seminarian and a candidate for the magistrature) to figure out how to attach the tabs.


Here is a picture of the kind of thing:

Comments

Anonymous said…
Sorry Alan, I don't understand. What did you need a robe for? Why haven't we got apicture of you wearing it?
Alan said…
The robe is for the funeral. Here in France the "dress code" is generally smart casual. For example, people seldom wear ties. I haven't worn a tie now for almost 2 years.

However, for weddings and funerals whereas pastors in Wales would normally get out their best suit, here the pastor wears a robe. It's big and black. Like the Doctor Martin Lloyd-Jones preaching robe kind of thing.

Our sister preferred that pastors wear their robe, so tomorrow I shall be robed. But not photographed.
Jon said…
Wow...
Alan said…
Yes. My thoughts entirely.

There are various things in France that are unthinkable and inevitable, like kissing the blokes at church, and wearing a robe.

Since it is inevitable I will do it with all my heart, and since it is unthinkable I will put it out of my mind.
Anonymous said…
When I was a student in Aber, I stayed for two years in Plynlimmon Hall on the front. All students had to wear a black gown for Sunday dinner, or you went without dinner. I suppose such a principle of expediency is in order here!
minternational said…
Is that your chin these days? Looks like it's going bald.....
Alan said…
No. That's a lawyer I found in our local paper.

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