I am not a very good neighbour. We’ve lived in this rented house for nearly 18 months, and I know the names of just two of our neighbours. I know the old man who lives next door, who mumbles so badly I understand only about 20% of what he says. Most of our relationship is him…
I was scheduled to preach the sermon at our church on 2nd November – All Souls Day. I was pretty excited about it. It was coming together well, words jumping out of the pages as I dug through my Bible to excavate the message I was hearing snatches of. The passage to be read that…
What do you do when you’re seven and a half months pregnant? Host a lunch for six of your favourite girlfriends and cook four courses… Hmm. I might not recommend it as normal practise but it was a lot of fun, even if I could have slept for three days afterwards! I have this wonderful…
The Son of Man came eating and drinking”. Luke 7:34 There’s something profound and holy about tea and cake. About the work of baking when you know someone is coming over, or when you have someone to visit. About the adding and measuring and stirring and whisking. Baking teaches me patience and mindfulness – rush…
(Apologies for being two days behind now! I had a crazy busy end to the week which included something called pecha kucha which I might tell you about sometime. Now to catch up a little…) I want to talk today about something you might have been well practised at back at home, but are tempted…
Rasmus’ lovely aunt has been visiting us from Denmark over the weekend, and it’s been nice having another Danish person to practise with. She’s been the perfect visitor too, taking herself of to explore the city with her backpack, map and poncho (it poured with rain on Friday) and bringing me a fantastic book…
