Entries from May 2009

May 31, 2009

Lets see now,

Why was I taking this Greek class again? I just wrote my final.  It was long.  And hard.  The Mid-term was only about 3 pages and I had two hours to do it.  The Final was about 8 pages and I only had two hours to do it.  Needless to say, there were parts that [...]

May 25, 2009

A Quote

We cannot prove our love of God except by loving our fellow humans. Jesus Christ loved God precisely by loving his fellow men and women. – Anthony Wilhelm, Christ Among Us (1967) Via Sojourners

May 23, 2009

Just listening

Here I stand on my loft deck looking over the river on the fading daylight. There are the inevitable background city sounds. Across the river there is traffic on the highway. But here, it is very still. I am listening to the gueese settling on the river for the night and to the songbirds that [...]

May 22, 2009

On a less stressful note

It is my hubby and best friend’s birthday today.  He joins me now in my old age.  Sixty years suits him well I think.  He gets to become a doting grandfather and having lost well over 100 lbs in the last year, he has more energy to invest in life.  In fact, he was off [...]

May 22, 2009

Stress

I have one high stress week coming up.  Next Saturday morning I am writing my final exam in Greek.  I wrote my last quiz this morning.  As I was writing it, I could recognise the way I react to stress.  My mind sort of shuts down.  It simply goes blank.  I have studied and studied [...]

May 19, 2009

Snow And Ice

I would post a picture but I have misplaced my point and shoot camera.  And besides, it is too depressing.  Everything is covered in snow and ice.  Poor budding branches.  Poor frozen leaves.

May 14, 2009

Quote from Eternal Echoes by John O’Donohue

  Every day of your life joy is waiting for you, hidden at the heart of the significant things which happen to you or secretly around the corner of quieter things. If your heart loves delight, you will always be able to discover the quiet joy that awaits to shine forth in many situations. Prayer [...]

May 11, 2009

I Think

That this was one of the best Mother’s Days ever for me.  I think I may have said that before.  Maybe it just keeps getting better each year.  I was preaching in the morning service at church and so of course what other topic was there that made more sense to speak on than women [...]

May 9, 2009

Friends are so great

Today I was planning so many things to do.  Our turn for serving soup was here and I wanted to help.  However, I have a sermon to preach tomorrow and a LOT of studying to do to finish up my Greek course.  (It seems as if the closer I get to the final, the more [...]

May 6, 2009

Who would have thought

Yesterday was shorts weather. Today…