brainstorming

Today was the last faculty meeting of the year and the agenda said “brainstorming.”  What an appropriate, even if irritating, way to describe so much wind and noise about a cloudy issue!  And what a blessing those few flashes of light were as well.  Thanks to all for helping me keep a spirit this advent [...]

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we love animals!

We were in the car the other day and passed the Assisi Animal Sanctuary. Mum and Dad explained why it was thus named – St. Francis came from Assisi in Italy and he was a special friend of animals… Oh! like Bill Oddie then! Christopher’s response. Don’t ya just love kids!

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letting Christmas be Christmas

I remember last year trying very hard to avoid christmas carols, decorating trees or cookies, setting up lights, or be in a ‘christmas like’ spirit. I don’t know what’s different this year, maybe this blog, but I have allowed Christmas to be Christmas. I am trying to remember the beauty of the season, to be [...]

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enlightenment

I have a bit of an Amazon habit.  I wish there was somewhere official that I could go to get that off my chest – but here will have to suffice.  I buy non-fiction (mostly) – if I could read for a living I would be one very happy hamster (if I could pick my [...]

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Holding a sick child

Is this the purpose of Advent? To hold a sick child, quietly, lovingly hold, pray, and wait for the promise, the hope, of healing?
Is this how God holds the world, cradling us till the Healing has passed through our system, holding on tight while the remnants of our sickness work through our symptoms, letting us [...]

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the other

I introduced the speaker to the evening session for the womens group. She was scheduled to talk about being a Jew.
An exicted 35 year old blurted out:-
I`ve never met a Jew before. Are you looking forward to christmas?

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