Happy New Year!
May it bring unexpected blessings, whatever the circumstances…
Singing For Christmas!
🙂
Another Couch Choir collaboration…
I’m in there somewhere, in voice if not in image!
Good Morning…
Another voice from my past was lost to COVID-19 over the weekend.
Charley Pride was part of the soundtrack of my childhood – Mum and Dad had his albums, and I remember putting them on our big old wooden record player/radio cabinet (a huge piece of furniture, where I encountered a variety of old music). I remember the deep sweetness of his voice – beautiful!
Thank you for the music, Charley.
Kiss an angel good morning…
Pausing The Adventure
Last day of this school year for Sweet Bean.
He’s happy! It’s been a hard year for him in a lot of ways. Time to stop for a bit and breathe more freely…
This is (I think) our 13th year of home schooling. There’s one more to go, and then the grand adventure will move further out still, at least for Sweet Bean. Both boys are pretty much adults now, and I’m so proud of them both!
❤
Time to pause, and rest.
Soon it will be time to run forward again…
Carry On…
Tonight the last episode of the TV series Supernatural will be airing – 15 seasons of monsters and mayhem and the Family Business…
I resisted watching for a long time (better things to do than catch up on all those seasons!) but eventually I had a look. I already watched Doctor Who and Sherlock, and there was this thing called “SuperWhoLock“, so I though it wouldn’t hurt to just check out what it was all about.
And here we are, last episode ever.
Through Supernatural I found GISH, which you will have read about if you’ve been reading my blog for a while – I’ve done a few of the GISH hunts over the last couple of years. Through GISH I found the Gishwhes Choir, which has just released a Supernatural send off, of which I am part 😀
This is a compilation of songs used during the show, interspersed with various GISH Hunt contributions and some clips from the show. I am glad to have been a part of it.
Enjoy!
Communing In An Age Of Corona
We went to our church service on Sunday – the second time we’ve been since in-person meetings started up again. On other weekends either I’ve not been well, or we’ve missed out on tickets (there’s a number limit because of distancing). That’s OK – we enjoy the online service, and I’m happy to go less if it means somebody else gets to go instead.
I did want to be there this weekend, though, because it was Communion Sunday. Previously, we’ve participated at home with our bread and juice (or piece of muesli bar and apple juice with a bit of beetroot juice, on the week we forgot what day it was…). This time I just felt like actually being with other people.
I must confess, I hadn’t really thought how it would work in a time when too much handling is discouraged. Corona restrictions have caused problems, with activities we take for granted no longer being available. It’s also brought about innovation!
As we entered the sanctuary we all took our “bread and wine” in one package.
Sorry it’s blurry – it was a bit dark! That’s a sealed cup with grape juice, with a separate sealed wafer on top.
I’m not crazy about all the packaging re:wastage – hopefully it’s recyclable – but I’m impressed that someone saw the need and created a solution 🙂
I’m glad we went. We’ll probably stay home for a week or two and leave room for someone else. I know that some people have been having difficulties with not being able to meet in person for church services. It is a strange year, and everybody has different circumstances and needs in their lives. I do know that we are one body in Christ, wherever we are – important to each other and to the whole, whether we think we are or not! Having Zoom and Messenger Chat capability has been wonderful this year, but even if that has been difficult, you are included, and you are essential 🙂
I’ve always had a mental image of the global church as a series of lights, connecting across the world, shining out for the world to see…
If you’re feeling drab and light-less, look around and see where someone else is shining. If you’re shining at the moment, see who needs a bit of light!
We’re meant to go through the seasons together…
❤
