Blackrock’s Got Some Stuff

For years, I’ve passed by that sign on the edge of Blackrock that declares Blackrock: we’ve got it all.  So naturally I’ve tested this bold declaration to see if it’s true.  []
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What can I do?

I was out in the garden about 10 days ago digging up the gladioli which won’t survive the winter cold – but will we have winter cold? I usually have them out []
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Carry the Name

Sometimes a slight change in perspective on a familiar topic manages to change everything!  Matthew was great on Sunday, talking about the Lord’s Prayer (lines 1&2)! In particular, his comment []
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What next, if?

What next, when…?  ‘Jesus came to make people free. He wanted us to choose goodness freely. He did not crave the base worship of the slave. But free choice can []
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Show and Tell

Sometimes prayer comes naturally. It flows from a heart that is attune to what God is doing or the possibility of what God can do. It brings strength and peace. []
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You just never know

I was talking with Fiona, Anna and B about the start of Talls and Smalls. B suggested I told the story of the mothers and toddlers’ group I joined in []
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I’m a Spiritual Baby

As I sit to write this blog, Norah is in the next room, just put down for her afternoon nap. Not asleep yet, but “chatting” the way 8 month olds do…. “dadadadadada eeeeeeeeeeee ahhhhhhhh”. []
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Bubbles

Bubbles. We live in them, so they say. We convince ourselves they are real and that this is how life is. We talk to people who share our point of view, we []
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