Sheila Bridge Blog
Setting the alarm last night for 5.45am, the opening line for this blog post came to me, 'I have joined the lunatic fringe'! And yes, the notion of flinging myself into a freezing lake before 8am on a saturday morning did feel slightly insane. But it wasn't, it SO wasn't. First of all when we... Continue Reading →
Thank you BBC for brightening up an otherwise dull day in the library. The story about the flatulent dinosaurs was a winner. Shame it wasn't April 1st. If you missed it, it's apparently been shown that dinosaurs breaking wind may have been responsible for raising the temperature on planet earth by 10 degrees and thereby... Continue Reading →
Being 'in' a tornado is a pretty rare weather event: worth a quick blog I think! We had a 10 second tornado here in Rugby, in the area of our church, at 6pm yesterday. I was just leaving the church centre and was struggling to lock a gate with a key so was conveniently tucked... Continue Reading →
Why does God sometimes seem so casually ambivalent about the life and death issues that matter so much to us? And how come death sometimes comes in such an arbitrary way? As we worshipped in church this morning (Easter Sunday) I had a vivid picture of life and death and saw that this seemingly indifferent attitude on... Continue Reading →
I confess I have left the whole Lenten self-examination thing a bit late this year but finally this week I've dragged my soul in front of a 360 degree mirror and it wasn't a pretty sight: bashed, bruised and attempting to sulk in corner pretty much describes the situation. A series of demanding circumstances, a... Continue Reading →
I have a problem controlling my mouth. 'Keeping it shut' and 'Feeding it too much' are the most common mouth problems I know and, although I'm occasionally afflicted by these, my current problem is simply pain: my teeth hurt. It feels like someone has put an orthodontic brace around my front upper teeth and tightened... Continue Reading →
Listening to Radio 4 this morning I heard there was a new cure for a serious disease: gin therapy. 'Really?' I thought, 'That can't be right' I thought about it a bit more: 'It must have been 'gym therapy' - ooh, dear, I don't fancy the sound of that'. Turns out it was 'gene therapy'!... Continue Reading →
This weekend I am giving a seminar called 'Loving Difficult People' (part of the Activate conference in London, but it's fully booked, so you can't come, sorry!) I could have called it 'how to love people who drive you bonkers' or 'getting along with people you don't like' or 'staying connected and staying sane'. But I... Continue Reading →
I have recently learnt to swim... again.I guess I must have learnt when I was very small because I have loads of memories of swimming but none whatsoever of actually being taught to swim, which probably explains why I was never very good. Terror of being underwater isn't exactly an asset for successful swimming and had,... Continue Reading →
Christians have a hard time admitting 'bad' feelings. Mention 'anger', 'sadness', 'fear', 'worry' or 'envy' and eyes start to glaze over with a readiness to deny all. Fearful of sin, many have believed that it is better to deny these feelings any place in our lives. So instead of acknowledging them, confessing them or allowing... Continue Reading →
