Well the day is approaching. Yesterday I received my notification in the mail that my citizenship swearing in will occur August 7th. It has been a long process and one with a lot of struggle. After all who wants to become an American when the economy seems to be sinking like a rock and the [...]
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Well the weekend is over and it is one that I both enjoyed and hope I never have to repeat. Saturday morning we headed up to Camano Island to start preparations for our Celtic Prayer Retreat August 9th. Going up to the land, walking the prayer trails (now a little overgrown but still recognizable) [...]
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I thought that you might be interested in this news from Down Under. Better late than never and a very appropriate message for Lent. Morris Stuart and his wife Barbara have been very involved in Aboriginal affairs in Australia. The painting is by Barbara and was inspired by one of the massacre [...]
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Here is an amazing photo of the ship that struck an iceberg in the Antarctic yesterday. Sure makes me glad I don’t live on a ship anymore.
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What do you think of this?
“The shoreline north of Sydney was suddenly transformed into the Cappuccino Coast on August 27. Foam swallowed an entire beach and half the nearby buildings, including the local lifeguards’ centre, in a FREAK display of nature at Yamba in New South Wales. Storms off the New South Wales [...]
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It is a week since I was last able to write on this blog and my heart is full with all that has happened since then. Over the weekend I travelled down to Portland to meet with dear friends that I have known since my early days on the Anastasis. We were celebrating [...]
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What a weekend. Friday evening Andy & Helen Harrington, good friends from Canada (though originally from England) came through on their way to California. It is always wonderful to have time to catch up with friends and Andy and Helen are special people. Andy Harrington heads up Youth For Christ in Vancouver [...]
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Last week I had the opportunity to have morning tea with Christine Paintner who explores the relationship between spirituality and the creative arts. I always enjoy getting together with like minded people. We had a delightful time sharing our common interests in spiritual direction, photography and writing.
Among other things Christine runs a retreat in November [...]
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Today we went raspberry picking. In spite of the fact that we picked what has been the hottest day I can remember in Seattle (98 degrees), we had a wonderful morning and for me a very welcome break after spending last night working on the MSA budget (never my favourite job.) This has become [...]
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I just realized looking back through this blog that it is a long time since I mentioned any of the books I have been reading, which is rather surprising since I read 4 - 5 books a week. Maybe the problem is that I have been dipping into a number of rather of uninspiring [...]
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