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Books to re-read

I was that child in school who read the encyclopaedia, cover to cover, Aardvark to Zulu. I got six books a week from Ipswich Library every Saturday while my parents did the grocery shopping, I read my way through the children's library and branched out to adult science

Stash and simplicity (part two)

Moving country changes your perspective on accumulated stuff somewhat. Everything we owned was evaluated. Can we easily replace this? Do we really want to keep this? Do we want this enough to ship it given that we can only ship so much? If we want to ship it and we&

Amazing Grace

Saw Amazing Grace on Friday night. Not your usual kind of film but very good. I knew vaguely about William Wilberforce, but I didn't realise he was connected with Pitt the Younger, or how the slave trade and the sugar trade were connected, or that privateers were still

Reminder

Someone gave me this reference last week. It's here to remind me. Hebrews 12: 1-3 (English Standard Version) Therefore, since we are surrounded by so great a cloud of witnesses, let us also lay aside every weight, and sin which clings so closely, and let us run with

Uncertain faith

BBC News: God. Who knows? With religion increasingly polarised, is there any benefit in not knowing if there is a higher power? Mark Vernon - an ex-vicar - explains why agnosticism is his creed. "We are in a period of intense debate about religion. It seems there are believers,

WIDTW

(Title stolen shamelessly from Plaid Dragon) Finished the heel on the first Owl sock and tried starting the Column of Leaves scarf. Messed up row 1 twice, and row 2 once before I ripped it out. Maybe I need something simpler. The yarn is a good sized worsted weight, looks

Post conference

Arrived back from the Vineyard Midwest Conference late last night, thanks to various roadworks. Most people stayed on the Wheaton College campus where the conference was held. It was so nice to be able to walk to the cafeteria, eat with friends, and walk to the workshops and main sessions.

Bullet points

Spun, plied, and washed my mini-skein on Tuesday, it's dry now. George was not as easy to spin as the Coopworth, but the dyed fibre was nice. It's a lot less even than my wheel-spun, but it's not as thick as my last spindle

Bible study

Martha and I got drafted to do the study for 1 Corinthians 3 tonight. The text breaks into three sections, v1-9, v10-17, v18-22. This is what we came up with as study questions. What do you think? (v4) For when one says, "I follow Paul," and another, "

Spiritual Disciplines: Study 2 and Simplicity

This week's study exercise was to summarise Ephesians 1:15-23 in one sentance: I thank God for you and pray you will know his glory, shown in Christ who rules all things. The meditations for this week are looking at the discipline of simplicity. Richard Foster's

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