by Julie Turner | Dec 10, 2020 | What's Happening
Docudramas are highly popular art forms these days, and there is much that is entertaining and informative about these series which are based on real-life events. Nonetheless, we have to understand that truth and lies are diametrically opposite and be careful to learn...
by Julie Turner | Dec 10, 2020 | What's Happening
I love fiction. I have hundreds and hundreds of novels in my house and on my Kindle and can’t thank authors enough for their imaginations and the wonderful world of words which they create. I love novels which can also teach me things (much of what I know about...
by Julie Turner | Dec 10, 2020 | What's Happening
After almost a year of virtually unmitigated bad news, it is worth stopping this Christmas-time and reflecting once again on the good news of the Christmas story – good news that will bring great joy, as the angels reminded the shepherds. (Luke 2:10) We will be...
by Julie Turner | Dec 8, 2020 | What's Happening
As a child, I learned to count and was immensely proud of being able to count to one hundred. Then I learned a quicker way of doing it: ‘one, two… miss a few… ninety-nine, one hundred!’ I found this hilarious. Many of us want to apply this...
by Julie Turner | Dec 8, 2020 | What's Happening
I love watching my grandchildren learn and especially seeing them begin to order things, listening to them learn to count or to sort shapes by size, for example. Getting things in the right order is indeed a useful skill in life. I have been reading the Prophets...