Way, way back in October, I wrote about wanting to think back and write about the sermon I heard the Sunday previously. I’ve thought about it since then, but not accomplished it. This past Sunday’s sermon made me even more desirous to spend time doing this, so here goes … The Life of the Baptized…
Each year I make the kids an ornament for the Christmas tree. I’m thrilled with how this year’s ornament turned out.
Yes, it’s Thursday, but I read it late on Wednesday … Still in Wolf Hall. I don’t find it very quotable; the clever turns of phrase seem mundane without the backstory. The whole of the backstory culminates into thoughts and ideas which are bigger than the phrase. I did think this story was more self-contained…
We Gather Together We gather together to ask the Lord’s blessing; He chastens and hastens His will to make known. The wicked oppressing now cease from distressing. Sing praises to His Name; He forgets not His own. Beside us to guide us, our God with us joining, Ordaining, maintaining His kingdom divine; So from the…
I read two Georgette Heyer books this week: The Black Moth and False Colours. The Black Moth by Georgette Heyer My rating: 4 of 5 stars Own. I didn’t know this was her first book when I read it. I liked it. I liked the multiple story lines weaving in and out of one another. …
We enjoy our Yuletide Session. This week, for Thanksgiving, we’re mostly off. No school except piano practice & lesson. (Here are our plans and thoughts from 2010, 2011, and evidently nothing from 2012!) Starting Friday, we’re going to read The Handel’s Messiah Family Advent Reader. I must find the CD, though I have some suppositions…