Sheila Bridge Blog
Last Sunday in an all age worship service we played Jenga. If you've never heard of Jenga it's a game which centres round a carefully stacked pile of wooden bricks. Each player in turn has to remove one brick and the loser is the one who finally pulls out a brick that causes the whole... Continue Reading →
I have no idea if this really is a photo of the claimed author of this wisdom or even if there is a such a person as Regina Brett, 90 years old, of the Plain Dealer, Cleveland , Ohio but I hope there is and I hope she won't mind me reproducing this onto my... Continue Reading →
In the last week or so there have been many film montages of 'memorable moments' from 2012 and many a gushing commentator has spoken about the 'Spirit of the Olympics'. It struck me at the time that many of the qualities that were being applauded (friendliness, helpfulness, cheerfulness, hospitality) are fairly fundamental Christian qualities. Not that I... Continue Reading →
Friday 21st December 10.30pm: David and I are really, really tired. Knowing we would have a late night picking up Matthew from the airport on the following night, we had turned in early. By 10.30 it was lights out and we were sound asleep. We were blissfully unaware that at that very moment his flight... Continue Reading →
Standing in the Stable (Luke 2:1-20) This is a meditation I found in a book called Silence in Heaven, this edited version is reproduced with kind permission of the author Mary Cotes. I think it is just fabulous. It deserves to be read slowly and thoughtfully and it is a fitting summary of the... Continue Reading →
If you find yourself facing an overwhelmingly difficult or complex situation and you can't see your way forward, here is a suggestion: 'Eat pie'. This particular piece of wisdom has been gleaned from Men in Black 3 and is given by Agent K to Agent J at the point where imminent global disaster (aka the... Continue Reading →
For a while I had a favourite quotation under my email 'signature' 'Be kind, for everyone you meet is facing some kind of battle' I believe it is a quote from Philo. It's come back to me again in the last two days in the face of the tragic suicide of the nurse humiliated by... Continue Reading →
If you are currently lacking in 'Tra la, la', allow me to bring you some 'comfort and joy'. Yesterday I shouted at the man on the radio (there will be a fair amount of shouting in this post, indicated by capital letters, do feel free to join in). The DJ said, 'Advent is about waiting... Continue Reading →
Yesterday the General Synod voted on the admission of women to the episcopate. I began the day much earlier than I'd hoped after a restless night, so it was in the early hours before dawn that I spent a lot of time wondering what the day would bring. I knew there was a real possibility... Continue Reading →
Hope is one of those notions that is hard to grasp... is it a feeling, is it a fact? Does having 'hope' really matter in a humdrum world where having enough money to pay the bills seems much more important? For most people hope is rather like a like a balloon: pretty but lacking any... Continue Reading →
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