Every year St. Mary’s Sunday School does an activity with the young people around the story of Gethsemane. The result is a beautiful flower display that the children create with potted blooming plants. Above is this year’s result. “Maverick” and I had lunch with friends in the afternoon, as well as spending the afternoon with …
Brought up as a Protestant Christian, I thought only the Catholic Church provided services for the Stations of the Cross on Good Friday. I was unaware that the Church of England provided opportunities to corporately worship, focusing on Jesus’ journey from the Mount of Olives in the garden of Gethsemane to the tomb. …
No, I am not trying to set the Guinness World Record for most blog posts in one day. Rather, it seemed prudent to make each topic its own post; thereby adding to the list towards my goal of 200 blog posts for the year. I hope you will indulge me on this occasion. …
Changes are coming to our neighbourhood. The council has purchased the property where the Merrymaker Pub has stood for years. It is to be razed and a new medical centre and community building constructed. It is only recently that we were informed that the plans had indeed been approved of by the council. Now work …
At least once a day Maisy will do something really sweet, or silly, which in affect makes me smile. This post has to do with sleeping. When Maisy first came to us, I made a point of putting her into her kennel carrier at night to sleep. I was NOT going to allow …
Psalm 141:1-2 141 I pray to you, Lord! Please listen when I pray and hurry to help me.2 Think of my prayer as sweet-smelling incense, and think of my lifted hands as an evening sacrifice. The Reader: Father, listen when we pray Response: Receive our prayers as sweet-smelling incense. The Church: King of Heaven, Lord of Earth, …
Our Sunday service on 20th March was challenging in a couple of ways. First of all, our Vicar gave a inspiring, yet thought provoking sermon on dying to ourselves. Secondly, after the 8.00 am service, the sound system suddenly silenced itself! For the 11.00 am service this meant those people speaking had to …
The great thing about friendship is that when your hearts are knit together, it doesn’t matter how much time passes between visits. As Christians, we live in a kingdom of not only friendship, but also of family. When I first arrived in England, “Maverick” was settled into and knit into the fellowship of …
Shining clean after the bath. When I awakened this morning I had my list of to-do sorted. It looked like this: Breakfast Cut “Maverick’s” hair Fold dry laundry and put away. Write blog Finish sewing together baby blanket. (No, it STILL isn’t complete.) Write some e-mails. Maisy had dozed on the back of the sofa …
In the early 1990’s I was working two jobs; as a clerk-typist for Indiana Vocational Rehabilitation and as a part-time barber/hair stylist. I enjoyed the barber job, but the administrative job with the state had better health insurance. And I needed the extra money for make financial ends meet. Things that stay put! …