Sheila Bridge Blog
Yes, I know it's too early. Christmas is 5 weeks today and we've still got the whole of Advent to get through but I'm in a mood to celebrate. Many vicars dread the Christmas season and not without reason, it's a full on period with lots of extra services. But compared to this time last... Continue Reading →
We have started a new "service" at St Peter and St John's Church. I use the word "service" loosely because it's more of "space" really, or in fact several 'Still Spaces'. Still Spaces at seven o'clock on Sunday evening was chosen to be a deliberately alliterative title to help anyone remember when it happens. But... Continue Reading →
This was one of those 'big, fat, chunky' book reads. At 800 pages it's one for either a quick reader or a long holiday. As it happened I was in neither of those two situations when I read it last March. I was in fact unwell. This book was a good companion through a lot... Continue Reading →
This morning I was forcibly struck by the relevance of ancient Hebrews writings (the Psalms) to a communication I received just yesterday in the post. For some time, we have supported the work of the International Justice Mission. I confess to not always reading the circulars and updates I receive from charities but something made... Continue Reading →
Yesterday I visited Portmeirion with some friends. It took me till this morning to work out what I didn't like about it. In case you don't know Portmeirion is a village constructed on a private peninsula overlooking Traeth Bach tidal estuary in North Wales. It was built by the architect Clough Williams-Ellis to show how... Continue Reading →
This morning I read something that made me stop and say 'WOW... just WOW' "Dung beetles use the milky way to navigate" How AMAZING is that? Seriously? A tiny little insect that spends its entire life rolling around in poo is so deeply committed to moving in a straight line, it uses the stars to... Continue Reading →
Is it me or has anyone else noticed that we are being bombarded by lists of instructions to 'Be happy/Be creative/Be patient' at every turn. Here is one such list I saw for sale in shop whilst on holiday These lists pop up all over the place. Twice I've seen them on shopping bags (but... Continue Reading →
We are all told these days that we should be 'listening to our bodies' and what is usually meant by that is that we should become aware of the signals our bodies give us when we are under stress or over tired. The idea is that when you are not giving a voice to how you are... Continue Reading →
I have just 'reclaimed my life' from the loft and found two things of very great value to me that I thought had been lost. These are the last two lost items that I feared had inadvertently gone to the tip when we moved last December. My joy and my house now feels complete! (See... Continue Reading →
I am feeling smug... and stuffed...and exhausted. Out of those three feelings, smug is the best feeling so I'm trying to focus on that one. The other two are self -inflicted. I'm exhausted because before 8 am this morning I had done an hour and half of weeding in the front and back gardens, then... Continue Reading →
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