Apparently this is what “encourage” means … but perhaps it’s less clear to non-church people than the word “encourage” was in the first place.
Fire from heaven
Jesus sometimes got a little exasperated with his disciples’ attempts at macho Christianity (Luke 9:54).
Encountering “spirituality”
Apparently when five party girls went to a convent (caution: Daily Mail link; apologies), one of them went and got herself a tattoo. She must have encountered something…
What “communicating” means
In the Anglican church, “communicating” means “taking Communion”, i.e. bread and wine. Who knew?
Come in, Holy Spirit
What is an angel?
Flame retardant candle
I discovered something new today – apparently there is supposed to be one gospel candle and one epistle candle, and the gospel candle must be on the left, and the gospel candle must be lit first … if indeed it lights at all.
Making a hot drink
The conference centre had lovely free tea, coffee and hot chocolate, but working out exactly where to put the mug was something of a challenge.
Remaining incognito
