Mrs Claus points out that it is nearly 3 weeks since I last blogged. Personally I blame Facebook and I am thinking of banning Mrs Claus from using it. I suppose it is not so bad in our slack season but I will need her fully operational when we start the build up to Christmas again. The other distraction is of course SUN, Mrs Claus being allergic to rain and grey skies. "It is April" she says "and we should be able to sit out in the sunshine". To my mind, torrential rain, rainbows, and sunny intervals is about what we expect in April so the first three days have been pretty spot on. That said, I do agree that we have had quite enough rain for the timebeing. When I went across the lawn to get my spare boots I nearly sank up to my ankles.
OUR TIME - Christmas is of course a Christian festival, despite being linked with the original Jewish celebration of Hannukah and timed to coincide with the Roman pagan rites of Saturnalia but it is essentially the coming of Christ that we remember despite all the presents and razamataz that go with the 21st Century. (what am I saying, without all that I would be out of work!)
It is good to be able to take time out and celebrate the other major Christian festival - the culmination of what began at Christmas, that is Easter - the death and resurrection of our Lord.
Went to the Good Friday march yesterday and thankfully we were still able to hold the celebration outside despite a very overcast sky and some half hearted (and ill informed) heckling. Prayers and speaker very good and great to be able to sing and praise in public. This year we had a full police escort to keep the rebellious Christians in order and TWO police vans just in case they needed to take any of us away for being too exuberant. But Christianity is a revolutionary faith and if you want to know why I say that you had better come along to housegroup on Thursday night!
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