As Roy engages in the daunting task of sorting out our photographs, I asked him to share a few on my blog. Here are a few of The Church of the Holy Saviour in Chora, a Byzantine Jewel, which Simon Jenkins of the Ship of Fools had suggested we see. I … [Continue reading]
Sheridan Voysey’s “Resurrection Year”: A Book Review
On Broken Hearts, Dashed Dreams and Resurrection Years Last June, Sheridan and Merryn Voysey told us their story over dinner—ten years of infertility, IVF, and stalemated adoption (ten years which coincided with the success of Sheridan’s radio … [Continue reading]
A River Walk on the Thames Path from Sandford Lock to Folly Bridge, via Iffley Lock
Enjoy this post by my husband Roy on one of our favourite walks by the River Thames in Oxford, incredibly beautiful and a great place to relax. Roy takes his camera, I take my jumbled thoughts. He comes back with photographs, and I come back with … [Continue reading]
Words in Social Media as Pearls, Stones, Swords and Life
Again, the kingdom of heaven is like a merchant looking for fine pearls. When he found one of great value, he went away and sold everything he had and bought it. (Matt 13:45) And if you had one of those pearls, what would you do with it? Here’s … [Continue reading]
On Brothers and Inheritances, and When Jesus is Exasperating
So this is C. S Lewis’s famous trilemma: when Jesus is outrageous, as he often is, you have to decide. Do you laugh him off as a lunatic, blow him off as a liar, or bow the knee as to your Lord? The aggrieved brother in Luke 12 was … [Continue reading]
Images of my Oxford Garden in May 2013 ( and my tame rabbits!)
The garden, 1.5 acre, was quite beyond us last May. Daniel (and Jonathan) have been helping us since August, so it's a lot more manageable--and, in my eyes, beautiful, this year. Some images from our garden in May. Tulips are beautiful, very easy to … [Continue reading]
In which Grace is like Manna, Given Day by Day, in our Time of Need, and Just Enough
I have desired some real life fairy tales which haven’t happened. And there are spiritual fairy tales I have desired. To be able to say: “Some one prayed for me, and the mathematical problem which has baffled me all my adult life: “How to eat less … [Continue reading]
In which I am convinced Heaven will look like Kew Gardens in Spring (Photoblog)
Roy and I have been to Kew Gardens every week this spring. I am learning to run, and it's a lovely place to jog, through the azalea and camellia and rhododendron, and fields of bluebells and crocus and fritillary. Our walks are usually 4 miles, but … [Continue reading]
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