Posted in France/French, church, family, memories on Monday, 21 April, 2008 | No Comments »
Slept like a baby last night - soooo good. I loved waking up and pottering down to breakfast like it was 2005 again… Only this time Jan-Willem (the oldest boy) was now at school and it was his little bro, Jack (who’d been grumpily distant last night) who was grinning at me and bringing his [...]
Posted in France/French, church, conversation, music, people, travel, work on Friday, 18 April, 2008 | No Comments »
The French IFES’ movement (and my excuse to come to France) started this afternoon and I was launched into French conversation and singing French praise which was cool.
However, the best conversation of the day started in French and ended up in English…
I did a Bible College placement in Tours in 2005 and met Raphael and [...]
Posted in church, conversation, people, random on Sunday, 9 March, 2008 | No Comments »
I really enjoyed church this morning. My church isn’t big or flashy, but its a managable wee community that I feel I can actually get to know. A no-nonsense chat with a lady I’d more or less just met about prayer and her son’s faith; some inspiring teaching from Acts; a chance to speak French [...]
Posted in Sunday, church, family, food, freedom, random on Sunday, 2 March, 2008 | No Comments »
Aaaaahhh, Sunday! Hurrah!
I was at my home church this morning with Mumsie (being Mumsie’s Day and all that… 
and once I got over the fact that I was jealous of the fact that life appears to have gone on without me, I appreciated the fact that life has gone on - there are new people, [...]
Well, this is it… The day that makes a farce of my ‘365′. The anomaly of the 29th of February which means that I should actually call this my ‘366′.
A somewhat unobtrusive day where I enjoyed the simple pleasure of a cup of coffee in escape from the rain, a chance to propose (in jest I [...]
Posted in The Unexpected, church, conversation, friendship, gospel, grace, people, travel, work on Wednesday, 27 February, 2008 | No Comments »
A satisfyingly productive morning when a talk came together despite me thinking I had NOTHING to say!
SLOBS looked to be a difficult one, but again I was overwhelmed by the real sense that the Small Group Leaders are growing so much. I loved their engagement with Scripture, with each other and with me - what [...]
Posted in church on Sunday, 10 February, 2008 | 2 Comments »
Today started out dull and unsettled because of some random unpleasant dream that I can’t quite remember. But after some conversation at church I felt better. Then an invitation to lunch turning into an entire day’s company was much needed. All it lacked was a game of Scrabble…
Posted in bargains, church, conversation, family, food, home on Monday, 28 January, 2008 | No Comments »
Catching up with a friend from church. A good chat with my Dad. Several bargains from Primark! Coming home to Coleraine. Making it to my exercise class (I did NOT enjoy the actual class though!). Butternut Squash.
Posted in blogging, church, coffee, home, housemates, music on Sunday, 20 January, 2008 | 1 Comment »
(The intrepid ‘explorer’ returns - heralding feverish blogging to catch up…!)
Sunday. Bit of a hectic one this week with preparation and packing for the conference. But it was still good…
Led praise in church this morning which was fun and it all went well - its great when you have musicians who can just follow your [...]
Posted in The Unexpected, church, food, tv, work on Thursday, 17 January, 2008 | No Comments »
Being able to sit in my living room while I work! Not making a habit of it though - far too dangerous!
An unexpected excuse to meet a student.
Loving, loving LOVING House Season One - only 2 episodes left!
A church ‘curry night’. A good meal with an opportunity to feel more relaxed around church people
(I’m soooooooo in [...]
