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Change
I'm currently doing a Fresh Expressions Course with people from my church along with others from the Dioceses of Llandaf and Monmouth and the Methodists in this part of the world ( Read more... ) -
An Inspector Calls
Last night, I finally got to see An Inspector Calls. I studied this as one of my GCSE English Lit texts along with Macbeth and A Mayor of Casterbridge. It amused me at the time that the only one of this I saw in the theatre during my GCSE courses was in fact A Mayor of Casterbridge
I loved An Inspector Calls when we studied it and its message of ' ( Read more... ) -
Tom Wright on Evangeliclas and Scripture
A friend recommended that I read Tom Wright's Oxford University Sermon entitled the Harvest and the Kingdom (available as a word document ( Read more... ) -
A Plague on both their houses
That's my basic sentiment towards Hamas and the Israeli Government. There's fault on both sides but both blame the other and show little concern the ordinary Israelis and Palestinians (who, I believe, want to live in peace ( Read more... ) -
The Shack
While doing my Christmas shopping I spotted The Shack and succumbed to temptation and bought it. I'd heard interesting things about it and so wanted to read it for myself ( Read more... ) -
Midnight Mass
Well due to the organist being away our MC had to play the organ. I'd found one other server (newish to the congo LEM but hadn't served with us before) and then at the crib service we acquired another (a teenager from the other church in the parish) which gave us two acolytes and me as Thurifer cum MC ( Read more... ) -
Poppies and Remembrance
It was Remembrance Sunday today. We marked it at church with silence at the start of the service this morning and then a 'parish service of remembrance' this evening. I finally managed to do what I've been intending to do for years today and wore both a red and a white poppy ( Read more... ) -
Doors have feelings too!
I'm sure we've all seen doors which are alarmed, but this one is lonely too! Poor thing. It needs friends to help it calm down obviously.
Thanks to the discussion on this post of Marnanel's has caused me to spend the afternoon laughing out loud at the lol that people use instead of Welsh in signs at Sgymraeg. -
New Bishop of Bangor
Well after the rumours about Jeffrey John, they've gone in a completely different direction!
Andy John is evangelical and married with 4 kids who are I think between 11 and 19 or so. He was a good vicar and very cheery. Not quite sure I can see him as a bishop though. -
Sugar Loaf Halt
That's where we are. It's beginning to rain.