A couple of nights ago I attended a womens meeting at my church and throughout the night my gaze kept returning to the small but pretty bunches of flowers arranged on each table. On leaving I was handed a handful to bring home (don’t ask what type they were !). As I didn’t expect them [...]
Archive for December 10th, 2007
Simple but powerful beauty
Posted in 1, anticipation, tagged beauty, God's presence on December 10, 2007 | Leave a Comment »
brokenpotted
Posted in 1 on December 10, 2007 | 1 Comment »
Now, this is strange, but true, and true and sad… I own a tea-pot. Or, rather, I ownED a teapot. I’ve had it almost ten years – a bargain $5 from Melbourne’s Salvation Army store. There have been many cups of tea, drunk over many late nights, early mornings, exhausting afternoons, with many kinds of [...]
laughter on the school run
Posted in thanksgiving, tagged golden compass, laughter, top gear on December 10, 2007 | 3 Comments »
I’m working from home today, the work isn’t much fun, but it requires peace and quiet. The advantage though, is that I got to spend an extra hour in bed because Ade did the early shift and brought our daughter to her Belfast school.
After they had left, CJ, my son climbed into bed beside me. [...]
up.
Posted in reminders, surprises on December 10, 2007 | Leave a Comment »
There is illness in our house just now. Over the weekend, both my wife and our dog were smitten with an unpleasant bug that seems to be doing the rounds, leaving me on mop and bucket duty. Cue sleepless nights.
Which found me standing in our back garden at 2:30 am on Sunday, looking [...]
Mystery?
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Bruce Cockburn’s “Mystery” sheds a little light this December morning.
Don’t tell me there is no mystery
Mystery
Mystery
And don’t tell me there is no mystery
It overflows my cup
This feast of beauty can intoxicate
Intoxicate
Intoxicate
This feast of beauty can intoxicate
Just like the finest wine
So all you stumblers who believe love rules
Believe love rules
Believe love rules
Come all you stumblers who [...]
timing and traffic
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I am quite a proficient liar… When it comes to ‘planning’ my time I convince myself daily and with great ability that I can and will fit a quart into a pint pot. The result is that I feel frustrated and rushed. It’s quite appropriate then that this post is 1 week late but nevertheless.
As [...]
the side step
Posted in surprises on December 10, 2007 | 1 Comment »
It often seems people go out of their way to avoid eye contact on the journey to work in the mornings. Especially in the city centre as people walk along, earphones in, heads buried in their scarves. Until those moments of contact like this morning. Noticing myself on collision course I sidestepped to the left [...]
What is the stars ?
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On an overnight bus from Chiang Mai to bangkok …… the lights off and as I lie back in the seat there is a chink of curtain and I am looking up at passing trees and every hundred yards or so it clears and I am looking directly at the stars.
The stars, like the ocean, [...]
