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The life and thoughts of Freda Marshall, a retired Church of Scotland minister living amongst the mountains and glens of Argyll.Pages
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Jeremiah friend or foe?
One of the senior members of my last church once asked me what I thought of Jeremiah; I have to confess that I mumbled about the prophet being one of doom, gloom and misery. The other day I found myself … Continue reading
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Tagged Christianity, church, Jeremiah, justice, love, preachers, The Shack, worship
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The beginning of the ending
Family #2 come home from their hols today, so animal duties more or less finish for another year. Him behind the Wheel has done the lion’s share – I’ve been pack leader for the dogs. The littlest farm dog has … Continue reading
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Tagged beach glass, dogs, fun, Gloucester Old Spot, labrador, Pigs, sausages
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Mind-bending
Saw this on The Vernacular Curate. Just look at it for a while. Spooky, even when you know it is actually a poster. Does it move for you or not? And I wonder what it says about our natures?
Smallholding Life
Being on a smallholding has its joys as well as its problems. For example: what to do with the rising mountain of duck eggs? (21 at the moment and rising.) Yesterday was the first day of our visit when we … Continue reading
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Tagged baking, duck eggs, gluten-free, lemon curd, lemon meringue, quiche, smallholding
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Reading
Have been enjoying a bit of a readathon these last few days. The book review comes shortly, but today I just wanted to revel in the sheer pleasure of reading. My memories of reading go back a very long way. … Continue reading
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Tagged commerce, economics, Edgar Rice Burroughs, novels, occupation forces, post-war, reading, Rider Haggard, transport
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What does your blog say?
Church Mouse had a reference to.typealyzer a few days ago. Basically, what you do is to enter a blog address and it gives an analysis of the writer, along with a pretty picture showing what parts of the brain are … Continue reading
Open Golf
The 2010 Open Golf championship is on these next few days. The weather is very much a topic of conversation, being cold, showery and dreich. So it is quite good to be able to sit in comfort and watch excellent … Continue reading
Still a woman today
This should almost be a Part II on being a woman – as the comments on yesterday’s post give much food for thought. Lydia, of writerquake, highlights a cartoon post by nakedpastor which made me laugh, but as you can … Continue reading
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Tagged church, Equality, General Synod, justice, love, ministry, secularism, state, women
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A lifetime as a woman
A bit obvious you might think – A lifetime as a woman – of course that is what it is. I am not going to get into a discussion of transgender issues, don’t know enough about it. But I do … Continue reading
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Tagged Christianity, Eldership, Equality, God, justice, ordination, secularism, state and Church, women
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