tonight in the car home ‘dad’ ‘yes’ ‘you know easter’ ‘yes’ ‘when god wore scratchy branches on his head.’ ‘yes’ ‘I think that was his saddest day… ever. The day he died.’ ‘Yeah i guess so. but he came back.’ ‘yeah he came back alive.’ pause ‘dad, do you think the day he became alive [...]
2012Mon23Apr
the boy understands more than me.
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Happy Birthday by the Innocence Mission When you wake up sun will shine. We will not go under any cloud. Let balloons go up in town, ring out every bell. Happy birthday, beautiful, all the birds of this day sing a song, sing a song. Dream of trains carrying you through the state parks with [...]
When doing the household chores, the rewards are just doing a good job in and of itself. the one job with a perk is the laundry. The main perk is the occasional discovery of money are you check the trouser pockets before they go into the machine. (If its a bad day a couple of [...]
Tomorrow is my birthday. (Historic Scott!), anyway I thought I would have a slight look back at year 33 and kinda review it. Work I left a full time job for a mix of part time work, childcare and housework. That has worked well mostly. (my polishing still needs some work…) Volunteering I am a [...]
quality control as per my daughter 1. Find item on floor 2. Lift item off floor 3. Shake item 4. Bite item 5. Hit item off floor see if it brakes 6. Bite item again 7. Shake Item 8. Lose interest and discard item …repeat until bedtime. so far our toys seem to have passed [...]
Today was a snow day (no School or nursery) and I had fun with the children. We played at home and went to the Lanark Loch to feed the swans. The snow was deep and crunched under our feet. The Loch was quite busy for a Thursday in December. We took bread and decided to [...]
2010Fri02Jul
Solas2010 – Delightful
Filed in church, events, Family, friends, music, politics, theology, thinking, youthworksolas2010 was class you should have been there. great music, speakers, weather, activities, and fun for all the family. it was great to be a part of something like this. where sourcing affordable, local produce, sold at affordable prices, (£2 for an organic venison burger. nice!) was as important as getting the right band. Where [...]
recently i was asked this question. Please write a few words of your personal story describing something of your own spiritual journey. recently I have been reflecting on my attitude to work and how this has been influenced and shaped. “One of the best reasons for being a Christian, as with a socialist, is that [...]
(or How to change your life with a letter.) MY life is changing for the better, of this I am sure. Yet i find it hard to adequately explain whats happening. the headlines. I have stopped working for The Salvation Army In Easterhouse. I have accepted a part time position at Greyfriars Church in Lanark. [...]
2010Thu03Jun
Yesterday,
Filed in church, events, Family, shopping, small news, theology, thinking, work, youthworkI wrote a letter… It was accepted. Changes. They come in some unexpected places. You came to take us All things go, all things go To recreate us All things grow, all things grow We had our mindset (I made a lot of mistakes) All things know, all things know (I made a lot of [...]
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