Sheila Bridge Blog
Brilliant, absolutely brilliant AND unrelenting horrible! I read this book in 3 days on holiday (because I had to, I don't recommend it as holiday reading) and afterwards I had to take out a very light-weight book about soft furnishings from the hotel library which I read with great relish and which significantly 'soothed my soul' after... Continue Reading →
Well it looked like a nice day from my bedroom window. Even better it is my day off, I feel a bike ride coming on... better just check the forecast. "Stock markets are crashing, sub atomic particles are moving faster than the speed of light and Nasa predicts space debris falling from the sky" Great!... Continue Reading →
We have just had a holiday in Porec, in Croatia and liked it very much. Porec is pronounced 'porridge', which gave my husband the dubious pleasure of declaring every time we arrived by boat 'we are slowly turning into porridge'. We arrived by boat quite a lot because our hotel was on an island. The... Continue Reading →
Finally! I have finally been to see HP 7 pt2. I say that because it's been in the cinemas for weeks and I just haven't been able to go but actually I could also say 'finally' because it feels like it's been a very long journey since 1997 when I remember reading book 1 in... Continue Reading →
and it was a blinking long way, I'm not doing that again for while! I don't mean I swam until I had a revelation (and jumped out the pool shrieking 'Eureka') I mean I swam to Revelation...from Genesis. From the first book of the Bible to the final one - 66 lengths. Any further and I'd have... Continue Reading →
Yesterday I learnt to Hula Hoop! What brilliant fun! Four hours of a hula hoop masterclass led by John 'Mr Hoop Guy' ( http://www.hoopguy.com ) who guarantees to be able to teach anyone to hula hoop. It was ALOT of fun and, yes the class was 4 hours long but we stopped every half hour... Continue Reading →
Outrageous! What is this country coming to? Here is a pot of blueberry mousse. A mousse is a dessert usually based on whipped cream, fruit and gelatin. This one appears to have some very alternative ingredients: The words on the pot clearly state 'Blueberry Mouse'. Really? Would that be complete with droppings? I feel a... Continue Reading →
Last Sunday I was preaching about why the Bible contains 'horrible histories' (or are they 'helpful stories'? Maybe they are both). Almost as an aside I mentioned the idea of living with music of heaven humming in our heads. When we know ourselves to be in the middle of a difficult story with many twists,... Continue Reading →
My daily treat is a really nice cup of coffee. No added sugar, just one sweetener: so not too 'sinful' in the calorie stakes. The thing is that it's hard to have a coffee without 'a little something' to go with it. Coffee and croissant? Coffee and cake? Coffee and biscuits for dunking? or Coffee... Continue Reading →
Last night Jonathan Oloyede, a Nigerian pastor passionate about prayer asked every one in the Meeting Place (at New Wine, Newark) to take out our phones and set an alarm to 12 noon to act as a daily reminder to pray. About half the audience complied, some didn't and the rest were heard to say... Continue Reading →
