Sheila Bridge Blog
I told you a few weeks ago I was having trouble with Luke 13:24 where Jesus says 'Make every effort to enter through the narrow door, because many, I tell you, will try to enter and will not be able to'. This difficult statement is Jesus' reply to the entirely reasonable question 'Are only a... Continue Reading →
A friend dropped me a quick email to ask me how I was.... 'I'm good' I replied. At least that's what I thought I replied. A typing slip up, possibly freudian, meant that what what I actually replied was: 'I'm god'. Oh dear. I appear to be 'one 'o' short of humility'. (Is this akin to being 'several... Continue Reading →
Yesterday I was out for most of the day. I had made arrangements for the dog and checked the train times in advance. Cycling to the station I had a vague feeling I had forgotten something. On arrival my suspicion was confirmed: I had left my mobile phone at home. This really shouldn't have mattered. I... Continue Reading →
Well, yes, we do don't we? Whether or not this a good thing is all a matter of opinion. What has been shown is that girls develop the right side of their brains faster than boys and this leads to talking earlier. Little girls also prefer toys with faces, boys prefer brightly coloured blocks. Far be... Continue Reading →
I've been working on my breathing... You'd think that after a near half century of breathing, I'd have mastered it by now. Breathe in, breathe out. Inhale... exhale. The tricky bit is synchronising this action with the necessary front crawl actions of 'face in the water - exhale', then 'face out the water- inhale'. It's much... Continue Reading →
Before it's way too late to make a final comment on New Year: I just need to get this off my chest. I think New Year is a really odd thing to celebrate! I simply don't get it. Why do we stay up to midnight to celebrate one day turning into another, one year into... Continue Reading →
We stayed up to see the New Year in. My final thought before falling asleep was 'where is Baby Jesus? I haven't seen him since Christmas Day'. I was not having a profound religious musing in the early hours (although the clock was telling me it was 11 minutes past 1 on the 1/1/11 - so... Continue Reading →
Anyone else struggling to get up in these dark mornings? I suffer from the 'day off' rule: when it's my (one) day off a week, I'm awake at 5 am, the rest of the time I can barely heave myself out of bed 10 minutes after the alarm has gone off. But this morning wasn't... Continue Reading →
There is a poignant scene near the beginning of the recent Harry Potter film. Having decided that her 'muggle' (non magical) parents are at risk from the forces of evil and that they would be safer without her in their life, Hermione casts a spell over them to erase from them all memory of her ever being their... Continue Reading →
Last night I dreamt I was in prison again. No, this is not another confessional blog. I am not about to reveal a criminal past. I used to work in a prison as a prison chaplain and last night I was on D wing again. I heard the gates clanging, felt the weight of the... Continue Reading →
