A few months back we stayed at Ivy House in Wall-under-Heywood, next door to the Plough Inn, with 8 others from the family, including 3 small children. That pub was friendly and served an excellent roast Sunday lunch to all 10 of us. The nearest t...
There's always a dilemma on holiday, or on a long work trip: do I go to church? There are many reasons why it's hard; I might just want to rest, or feel I need a break, or I can't easily travel to one. As almost every church group is now listed on...
After a really needed good night's sleep, we headed quite late to Copley Square to Trinity Church, via Finagle a Bagel for breakfast. This is an Episcopal church, who use the Book of Common Prayer and take their high choral tradition seriously. (S...
I've been listening to Doug Gay's excellent talk at Greenbelt 2007 Learning to be Church: Unpacking the Emerging Project. Knowing "emerging" is a hyped term, he deliberately kept it analytical. He sees it as not being a organisation, a church, or ...
We saw The Golden Compass at the cinema yesterday. The book does give much more depth to the interplay of the characters' daemons and the growing and changing relationship between Lyra and Mrs Coulter. But still, I enjoyed the spectacle, particula...