Mary’s Palm Sunday
This wasn’t how she had imagined it. She had imagined this day or a day like today. A day of arrival. A procession. Acclaim. He […]
This wasn’t how she had imagined it. She had imagined this day or a day like today. A day of arrival. A procession. Acclaim. He […]
Let’s start with the good news, shall we? The Spouse’s PhD is now bound and definitively submitted. He’s done. No more edits or corrections or […]
Yesterday was the third Sunday in Lent so I took a photo of a plate of colourful macarons. I’m still living with the practice of […]
Plum is telling stories. Arms thrown wide, shiny eyes looking to see who will hear and with a loud voice, he calls out. House! Castle! […]
I love this photo of Beangirl. Because she didn’t know I was taking it. Because she’s so focused on her steps and on how the […]
I’ve been dithering on this one. A couple of friends have suggested participating in an online photo-a-day project during Lent, and I’m not sure what […]
This morning, I dropped the kids off at school (late) and headed into the church (early) to get some reading done before a mid-morning meeting. […]
So it worked. Plum slept. Is there some magic to posting something here on the Record site. Does the writing make it true? Must remember […]
We’re still in the season of light, aren’t we? Yesterday, the church calendar said Epiphany Three, so it’s still the time of bright revelations, callings […]
We spent yesterday afternoon on the beach. A friend had gone away for the weekend and left her car with us, so we were looking […]
Sometimes, you need to do something to make the world better. It’s been a week like that, hasn’t it? But that something can be hard to […]
Then God said, “Let there be light”; and there was light. And God saw that the light was good; and God separated the light from […]
Sometimes the lectionary floors me. The juxtaposition of passages can be brilliant or bizarre, and when I saw what was slotted for January, I had […]
An uncompleted work fitting for our not-quite-over Christmas. That’s Epiphany, isn’t it? The unfinished story. We like to bring the wisemen in early so we […]
Yesterday was pageant day at our church. How can a small Sunday School fill the church with so much excitement? Bouncing sheepy children everywhere. This […]
“The angel said to her, “Do not be afraid, Mary, for you have found favour with God. And now, you will conceive in your womb […]
Inside, you built me.
You pushed back walls, made more room for your own growing.
You demanded foundations, tested them with you concentrating feet.
You stretched up, making rafters of my ribs,
pushing into the tenderness under my heart.
“Wondering whether to celebrate the Eucharist ad orientem during Advent.”
Facebook reveals strange worries in the hearts of ministers, but this one caught my eye. There’s a poetic loveliness to this idea that you don’t always see in the logistics of worship planning.
I was on my way to do some storytelling at the primary school today when I ran into a friend, and so we walked together. […]
On Friday morning, I decided to bake a sticky toffee pudding for the Spouse. Sometimes I say things like that and it might just be […]