The ELCE held its second Reading Day yesterday. It was a good day – and thank you to Sara and those from many (11) ELCE congregations who read, listened, questioned, clarified, and wanted to understand what the ELCE is becoming. (And we haven’t yet…
If you have rules, you will always have those who work to get around them. “Did God actually say …?” sort of thing (Genesis 3:1) seems always to have been a part of us where we will do what we want irrespective of what…
The mention of the death of her parents made me pause. I check the ‘twittersphere’ every second day or so. I don’t know the algorithm of why people whom I don’t follow come into view but this one made me pause as she (a…
I have no idea how it happened. Literally. No idea. No brain function. No memory. No recollection. It was all about cheese. I was in the supermarket getting some groceries and using the instore app so you can scan and pack then and there….
I had my first flu vaccination this week. It was a simple procedure and deemed particularly prudent in these times. One doesn’t want to catch or transmit any virus! I was intrigued by the name – more a description – Quadrivalent Influenza Vaccine (split…
I did smile at the story of the confused koala up a tree – except this was a family Christmas tree inside the house! Apparently a 3-4 year old juvenile female koala had broken into the house and perched on the tree. I can…
Downstairs at home is still pretty much a building site as the repairs from the broken water pipe are being done. The tiling is part way done. (One more day to finish all the tiling and after that there is still lots of jobs…
I don’t think I am particularly melancholy. I say to myself I’m too busy for that! 🙂 But it is true that at liminal times – doorways – when we move through something – from outdoors to indoors, from the past to the future,…
I have been listening to a devotional podcast since the ecumenical trip I went on to Israel in 2015. One of the Roman Catholic leaders shared it and I have remained a listener. I don’t mind hearing different perspectives on topics (the podcast is…
Historian Tom Holland’s travelogue at Luther Tyndale’s Reformation Celebration on Friday night (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lUtRiddwb8s) began with a journey from Soho to Brixton and asked the question, ‘Where are the angels?’. He said he didn’t have the answers. Meandering through history, literature, art, and personal experiences,…
