Last week a member of my congregation, who we shall call Jay for want of imagination, was walking in Stormont as is her habit, but she slipped and fell down a bank, and immediately felt a crack in her lower leg. She lay stunned for a moment or two, then gingerly go herself to a [...]
Archive for December 11th, 2007
Innkeepers, Good Samaritans and Striking Care Workers
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Don’t Bury Your Head
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After a long, overwhelming week with little sleep and numerous crises, I went to service on Sunday and was blessed with this song, written by one of the musicians and his wife. You have to hear it to fully appreciate it, but the lyrics are great by themselves.
Don’t Bury Your Head
Copyright Trevor & Bonnie McMaken [...]
Life In A Different Place
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I saw the movie “A Good Year” over the summer. The plot is pretty simple, after years of no contact with his Uncle Henry, London banker and bond trader Max Skinner (Russell Crowe) learns that Henry has died intestate, so Max inherits a château and vineyard in Provence. Max spent part of his childhood there, [...]
box of books
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Got home from work today to find my latest box from Amazon by the door. Nee, Nouwen, Hirsch and Rieger; what amazing access we have to so many and varied explorers of the light! Drinking coffee my wife just brought back from Tanzania, conversing with friends far and near from the comfort of my recliner, [...]
