A couple of years ago, my husband and I started doing forty-day fasts, and we’ve been doing them about twice a year ever since. It’s not that we don’t eat at all for forty days; but on any given fast, we’ve done a combination of the following: Two-to-three days per week of liquid only -or liquid plus smoothie / vegetable soup purée. Limit food… Read More
I realise my blog has been all over the place lately. First doldrums, then silence, then a strange Georgette Heyer voice (sorry – had to get that out of my system) and now a somewhat controversial Biblical topic. But this theme has been dully nudging me for weeks, so I thought I’d address it. To most Christian denominations, baptism means… Read More
I didn’t write on Friday because I was planning for the International Women’s Day that my church was hosting on a péniche (a long boat) located on the river Seine just across from the Louvre. I didn’t write yesterday because I was recovering from it. It wasn’t just the Women’s Day. It was the 2 weeks of my husband being… Read More
I am joyful today because Matthieu and I are fasting. The details are between us and God, and really I shouldn’t be telling you this at all because Matthieu 6:16-18 says: ‘But when you fast, put oil on your head and wash your face, so that it will not be obvious to others that you are fasting, but only to… Read More
There is no formula for prayer. When Gabriel was 2 1/2 and still wearing diapers, he wandered off from our house in the country to see the cows. By the time we realised he was gone, he was nowhere to be seen. I looked all over the house and the yard, and when I didn’t see him there, I ran… Read More
