Sheila Bridge Blog
I have just watched an extraordinary film. Moving, beautiful and life-affirming; at one moment hilariously funny and at the next acutely uncomfortable: extraordinary is the only word that will cover it. Departures is a Japanese film directed by Yojiro Takhita, an Oscar bid in 2008. It tells the story of a young man who looses his job as an... Continue Reading →
Sorry I've gone AWOL from the blog for the whole of September. Just a really busy time plus a holiday AND a retreat :-)and followed rapidly by a return to college so not much time to write. Here's a visual update: Views of Lock Eck and Glencoe and discovering the secret valley on holiday in... Continue Reading →
I found myself reading Matthew chapter 10 this week. As chapters go it has more than it's fair share of challenging verses. Jesus sends his disciples out telling them to take no bag for their journey, no money, no extra clothes. He warns them they'll be hated and chased from city to city. He tells... Continue Reading →
We have recently been in touch with the other owners of puppies from the same litter as our beloved Bobby dog. So here is a slideshow of Bobby and his brothers and sisters! The puppies are now 10 months old. Their dad was brown miniature poodle and their mum a black and white cocker spaniel. And what... Continue Reading →
Our house is stuffed full of bags. We have bags on the landing, in the hall, the kitchen, in the lounge. The other day I found 3 more HUGE bags in the shed which apparently don't even belong to us and was told we are just housing them for someone else! That's nice, shame I'm not charging... Continue Reading →
A friend recently gave me a second hand book she knew I'd find interesting: Sex Life in Marriage by Dr G Richard, a swiss academic, published in 1948, selling at the time for the princely sum of 2 and 6 ( could some one please tell me what that means in real money?) Having written... Continue Reading →
At the end of April I was sucked up in a spaceship and dropped in St John's College Nottingham. Okay, that's a slight exaggeration but moving from parish to college is a very weird experience. One week my diary is full of assemblies and meetings and my head is full of people and ideas. Then, whoosh, suddenly I'm writing assignments,... Continue Reading →
Last week I preached on Signs and Wonders in the Early Church. But I have to be honest with you when I saw the reading for the day, the story of Peter raising Dorcas from the dead, my heart sank. It’s a scary passage to preach on: as far as extreme discipleship goes raising the dead is right up... Continue Reading →
Avatar is just coming out on DVD. Today I heard it was the biggest movie of all time. Presumably in term of earnings. Well, I thought it was one of the worst so in a spirit of Bah Humbug! I'm reproducing the review I wrote for it back in December (previously published on the Activate Your... Continue Reading →
Spoiler alert! If you think you may yet see the film or read the book then don't read this blog post! If you have seen the film, please add your thoughts to mine... Carey Mulligan shines in the central role in An Education. Set in the early 1960's the story is centres on a wide-eyed innocent (but not... Continue Reading →
