The Episcopal Church of the Redeemer

Today we remember John Donne. He was a priest and poet in England in the seventeenth century. I posted one if his poems on my personal Facebook story last we...

Yesterday we watched a movie called "The Last Black Man in San Francisco". I really enjoyed it. There were all sorts of themes going on but the one I noticed...

There is an old song, written by Irvine Berlin, called "There may be trouble ahead". I have no idea why that popped into my head this morning. The first vers...

Today is the Feast of the Annunciation. We remember that Mary was visited by the angel and asked this most wonderful of questions -to which she answered - be...

Today, in the English commemoration of the saints, we remember Walter Hilton. He was born in 1340 and went on to become an Augustinian Friar and writer . A m...

The other day, before we were all six feet apart, someone was telling me about a friend who lived next to a tract of agricultural land. Much to the friend's ...

Today is the commemoration of Thomas Cranmer who is the great-grand-daddy of our Book of Common Prayer. There were, in fact, a group of Bishops who wrote the...

I was pondering the idea of self-giving and generosity. One facet of it might be to think of two children with helium balloons. They are outside and the seem...

Some of you know we have a batch of chicks, I think I have already blogged about them earlier. There are 10 of them and they have gone from tiny little fluff...

My children used to watch a TV show called Dora the Explorer. I have no idea whether it is still around, probably not. When I had small children I thought I w...

It is a well known fact that people "find religion" in times of crisis. I have been thinking about that after a Facebook post which asked whether current ev...

My parents retired to a small fishing port on the southwest coast of England, called Brixham. Brixham, like many small towns has some claims to fame; William...

There is a place in England called Cheddar - yes, that is where the cheese name came from. Around those parts is something called the "Cheddar Gorge" and the...

We have two dogs. The one in the picture is Charlie. Our other dog, Solomon, is a big black (mostly) lab. He is the sort of dog who loves greatly and lays ar...

This yoga pose is called "Chataranga dandasana" or "four limbed staff pose". It is difficult, especially for women, be cause it requires upper body strength w...

Denial is not a very positive thought for most people. We can be denied entry or denied our rights. We can be in denial or deny the truth. Yet, during this s...

Today's Psalm at our main service will be Psalm 121. In it we are promised that God will keep us from evil. I wonder what evil actually means? Many centuries...

I remember, whilst my children were still young, someone telling me stories of teaching their teen to drive. After several rounds of rolling stops she finall...

Back to the (almost) daily Lenten Blog: Today, my calendar reminds me that it is an Ember Day. There are four sets during the year and they have, traditional...

As some of you know I was given a batch of chicks for my birthday. I hasten to add this was not random - we have had chickens before and my husband was given...