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Warming Summer Thoughts

Posted in Holidays, tagged , , , , , , , , , on 12 January, 2010| Leave a Comment »

Amid all the snow chat over the last few days the Vicar and I received a warming summer YouTube clip reminding us of the CPAS Pathfinder Venture that we’re involved in every year. Over the last few years we’ve taken 11-14 year olds from our church youth groups away on these week-long holidays and had a wonderful time, as you can see from this vid. The Vicar appears as a lion tamer in one shot and the Queen can also be seen looking short in the stage performance.
There is usually a reunion for the leaders and campers in January, but ours was sadly cancelled because of all the snow. So some of the leaders ventured out into the snow to make this trailer for next year:

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Some Christmas cheer – Hallelujah!

Posted in Fun, tagged , , , , , , , on 16 December, 2009| 4 Comments »

I saw this for the first time today and thought it might bring some cheer as you contemplate the shopping/baking/wrapping/tidying/sermon prep or whatever it is that looms large in your house at the moment.

Pooching about on Youtube I see that there are other versions of this which start right at the beginning but this one seems the most fun somehow.

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What to wear on a Monday morning

Posted in Fun, tagged , , , , on 23 November, 2009| 6 Comments »

It was a very sluggish morning in the Vicarage today. But I cheered everyone up over the porridge by wearing my Plain Lazy t-shirt, summing up the Monday morning mood. It has the ‘Plain Lazy’ logo and a cartoon of a man under his duvet on the front. Just where we all wanted to be.

I was delighted to find their comprehensive website later. I have been tempted by many items and shall definitely be purchasing this t-shirt for the Queen for Christmas:

An ideal garment for the Queen (just wish it came in my size)

And for the Joker I’m planning to get this one:

Getting started is definitely the hardest thing

The Engineer inherited some bouncy Tigger genes from the Vicar and is a much better riser. I’ll have to find a Hi Energy t-shirt website for him I think.

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A Different Day Off

Posted in Fun, tagged , , , , , , , , , on 16 October, 2009| Leave a Comment »

The Vicar’s day off is looking a bit alternative today. We have a friend coming over to help us with the church website. Which is sort of work, but not really cos the friend is lovely so it’ll be a treat. And another friend is coming for lunch. But we’re not getting a trip out. Unless you count going to fetch a new loo seat.

So whilst we’re waiting to think about Joomla,  here’s a wonderful animation short I was directed to by that terrible timewaster Twitter. I love all the detail in it. [HT India Knight].

There’s also a game and another short at Alan Becker’s gallery site.

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Subduing the earth

Posted in Fun, tagged , , , , , , , , , , on 8 October, 2009| 2 Comments »

What with Pioneer Woman clearing out her pantry, Noel Piper twittering her way through the excuses we make not to declutter and my (lovely and kind but also tidy) mother-in-law coming to visit tomorrow, I wonder if God has been trying to get through to me about the state of my utility room.

I should stop writing blog posts and go do some subduing.

[HT Ros for the lovely connection between domestic chaos and the creation mandate.]

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Jeremy Hardy on the CofE

Posted in Church, Fun, tagged , , , , , , , , , , , on 26 September, 2009| 6 Comments »

I was listening to Radio 4’s ‘The News Quiz’ on BBC iPlayer earlier this evening. As usual, it was laugh-out-loud funny, but I especially enjoyed a section about 12 minutes in. It was about the dear old Church of England and some of the activities of bishops in the run-up to Back to Church Sunday, especially the Bishop of Reading’s remark that Jesus would be more likely to shop at Aldi or Asda rather than Marks and Spencer.

Jeremy Hardy summed up the English experience of cultural Christianity quite well:

I was raised in the Church of England. I can’t say I’m lapsed. You can’t really lapse if you’re an Anglican. You don’t lose your faith, you just can’t remember where you left it.

Another panelist remarked:

He would shop at Aldi…. Jesus saves.

If you want to listen for yourself it will be available on iPlayer until Friday 2nd October.

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Grammar pedants unite

Posted in Fun, tagged , , , , on 24 August, 2009| 3 Comments »

I am a grammar pedant. Spelling mistakes and misused punctuation shouts at me from miles away. That is why God gave me a dyslexic husband – he knew that I needed to increase in grace. But also that someone needed to correct the Vicar’s spelling before his communications are let loose on the world.

I came across this excellent site the other day. It’s a grammar pedant’s delight. And I shall be wielding my camera next time I see a suitable “candidate” for inclusion.

[HT India Knight]

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Can Christians be funny?

Posted in Faith, Fun, tagged , , , , , on 10 August, 2009| 4 Comments »

A friend of ours had a debate with the Vicar recently. Our friend was not convinced that Christians could be funny. So the Vicar went surfing to find some Christian comedians.

Here’s one of the results which we enjoyed – it’s Michael Jr (who I’ve discovered has a blog himself):

We’re looking forward to seeing some more of his material.

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The Talking Papaya

Posted in Fun, Kids, tagged , , , , , , on 3 August, 2009| 1 Comment »

The Queen has learnt a story off by heart at school this term (just like her brother). Her Year 3 class had been studying Australia and the oral story-telling tradition of the Aborigine people. And so they learnt to tell a story, with actions. I’m not sure this story is Australian, though.

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Books of the Bible Song

Posted in Fun, Kids, tagged , , , , , , , , , on 27 July, 2009| 4 Comments »

Since it’s the summer hols, posting is going to be a bit light. My brain is fried after nearly five months of Vicar’s Wifeing, but I’ll put up a few fun things over the coming weeks to cheer us all up as the rain reminds us we live in the Wet Midlands.

When I was posting the Seeds Family Worship kinetic typography the other week, I came across this song. It’s the best books of the bible song I’ve come across, and I’ve looked at a good few.

Please excuse the American pronunciation for various books (Isaiah, Hosea and Philemon) plus the references cited as being from ‘Psalms’. We are finding it easy to forgive them cos the kids love this song. But don’t worry, we’ll make sure they pronounce everything correctly (or at least with a Black Country accent).

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