by Julie Turner | Dec 15, 2019 | What's Happening
Christmas is full of the spectacular: angels in the sky praising God, wise men travelling from the East, miracles abounding. But Christmas is also full of the ordinary and the mundane: Joseph and Mary facing the logistical nightmare of a journey from Nazareth to...
by Julie Turner | Dec 15, 2019 | What's Happening
Kintsugi is the Japanese art of repairing broken pottery by mending the areas of breakage with lacquer dusted or mixed with powdered gold, silver, or platinum, a method similar to the maki-e technique. As a philosophy, it treats breakage and repair as part of the...
by Julie Turner | Dec 14, 2019 | What's Happening
This afternoon we enjoyed a very informal Christmas Celebration, held at Furlong Road Methodist Church. The church had knitted figures from the Advent Trail and was beautifully decorated: Our knitted figures were back after the Nativity Trail and there were prizes to...
by Julie Turner | Dec 13, 2019 | What's Happening
Many people like to give their houses a good clean before putting up Christmas trees and Christmas decorations. The rituals associated with decorating our houses for Christmas go back many years and vary from family to family, but often, these are accompanied by the...
by Julie Turner | Dec 12, 2019 | What's Happening
At Christmas-time, the Royal Mail in the UK delivers many cards and parcels, and they are simply one of the many companies working to get presents from A to B! It can be a frustrating time, waiting for deliveries (I am rarely home and so it is often a logistical...
by Julie Turner | Dec 11, 2019 | What's Happening
There were some heart-warming stories of the emergency services rescuing people from the floods which happened in our area in November. When disasters happen – be they fires, floods or sudden illness – we are very grateful for all who work to save and rescue, often...
