If you are making something you must call to mind the Creator of all things; if you see the light, remember the Giver of it. If you put on your clothes, recall whose gift they are and thank Him who provides for your life. In short, let every action be a cause of your remembering [...]
You’ll be pleased to know that the response of those at Bible Study last night to that particular verse in the Gospel of Thomas was much the same as those who made comments: a very odd, and even offensive, verse — and clearly not acceptable in Christian tradition.
Please, of your mercy, remember G and his [...]
I’m leading my second Bible study tonight: we are still, after two weeks, on Topic 1: but I think that is a good sign — there has been a lot of discussion and people are very interested in the topics covered. You can see an overview of the study itself and the topics on [...]
I saw Wordplay last night: and absolutely loved it. You truly cannot believe how interesting, informative, and even gripping, a movie about crosswords can be. But it is all of those — and more.
The movie is centred around the Annual American Crossword Puzzle Tournament, which looks like a lot of fun!, but on [...]
I’m not very good at crosswords, but I was intrigued to see the movie Wordplay, which was reviewed, and given a good number of stars, by Margaret and David last night. And, as an aside, congrats to Margaret & David on 20 years: few shows last that long. Ever since I discovered them, [...]
Arabic class continues well: I managed 9/10 for my homework and was also complimented on my pronunciation. I felt rather chuffed. I still need a lot of practice though: my vocabulary remains quite limited. We are learning to form fuller sentences, and learning a bit about the grammar of the language in [...]
How could I forget? After breakfast we went to the shopping centre and to the wonderful Tea Centre: whose Sydney shop I haven’t visited for a long time. I see they now have a shop at Rhodes, which is close to my church: I think I’ll be dropping in regularly on the way [...]
A very pleasant weekend in Canberra: it really is a lovely city.
Saturday night was an absolutely wonderful concert courtesy of the wonderful choir Semele put together: you can see the programme on her wiblog entry here. As you can see, there were a large number of pieces, a piece in fact from each of [...]
Pouring down here at the moment: it’s a wonderful sound. It was amazing how dark it got all of a sudden: one moment it was bright and sunny, the next dark clouds — and then the rain: the glorious rain.
Looking forward to a weekend in our nation’s capital: I’m heading down for the Canberra [...]
Thanks all for the comments on the new look: and thanks Dave for trimming the icon and making it look that bit better. I hope it does warm up you in the midst of your Belgian winter, Jean-Michel.
One of the first things I do of a morning, among my other IT jobs, [...]