Sheila Bridge Blog
At the start of this week my Lectionary (it's a set of readings for the Anglican church) told me we were now in 'ordinary time'. This means we are not in a period of the church year leading up to a major festival such as Christmas, Easter or Pentecost (which was last Sunday). So we... Continue Reading →
Brilliant! One of the best books I have read in a long time. Reading just such a book is what a holiday is for. And like a good holiday I didn't want it to end and, in a way, it didn't! The story is built on the idea that the central character Ursula, was given... Continue Reading →
The blog post below was written in early March 2014 . It was the start of Lent and I'd been ill for a month. Little did I know then but I'd still be ill for another month. In early April I went back to work. By mid April (just before Holy Week) I went back... Continue Reading →
When I was a teenager I frequently reminded my infuriated parents that 'tidiness' was not a fruit of the Spirit. (Yes, I did indeed grow up in the kind of household where Biblical references could be used as ammunition in any argument). Today I re-read Galatians 5 and was struck by another character quality that... Continue Reading →
but it is better than a chocolate... because you can eat it more than once. Prayer by Carol Ann Duffy is my current favourite. (You can find it out there in the blog world in plenty of places so I will signpost you to it but I'm not sure where I stand on reproducing it... Continue Reading →
I've been really poorly for about 2 weeks and for about 6 days during that time I had no voice. Keeping silent and staying in bed gave me far too much time to think and worry (bad) and lots of time to read (good). I've blogged about the first of two books I read and... Continue Reading →
Wow! This is such a brilliant book. It was so good, I didn't want it to end. It was joyful, desperately sad (yes, I cried), realistic, hopeful without being twee and incredibly well written. A debut novel, Booker-prize listed. It's the story of Harold, who 6 months after his retirement hears that someone he worked... Continue Reading →
This week I spent an infuriating hour attempting to download an app onto an ipad. The purchase of said 'app' entangled with me itunes. The whole wasted experience brought me near to tears of utter frustration and to the point of wanting to throw the computer and ipad out of the window. itunes do not... Continue Reading →
An 'ordinary' morning last week somewhere over Warwickshire: Immortal, Invisible God only wise, In light inaccesible hid from our eyes... Most Blessed, most glorious, Oh, help us to see Tis only the splendour of light hideth thee' (Walter Smith - hymn writer, well said Walter) Or as Gerald Manley Hopkins put it 'The world is... Continue Reading →
This morning, I came to tidy away the nativity figures from the top of our (now mostly eaten) Christmas cake. Mary and Joseph are missing. They were not edible . so I do hope no one nibbled them. I interrogated the most most likely suspect but under pressure he only yawned and looked at me... Continue Reading →
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