Hello and welcome to my eighth year of Holy Week blogs! We've had Holy Week as a Deacon, as a Priest, in a pandemic, 2021, with a baby, 2023 and 2024. As I'm not, yanno, in public ministry this week, I wondered if I should bother this year. But I still live in a vicarage, [...]
Well, the drama! What a brilliant book! I don't think I've read all of Esther in one day before. There's dunkneness (several times), a stubborn queen, a bride finding ball (to quote Slipper and the Rose), jealousy, anger, plotting, royal decrees, strong and steadfast heroes who save the day... what's not to love? Let's talk [...]
I didn't really see why this must be the case when reading Ezra, but The Bible Project says that Ezra and Nehemiah were originally one book. But now, having read Nehemiah straight afterwards, I have noticed all the references to 'Ezra the scribe and Nehemiah the governor', and how they had the same goals and [...]
Well, hello! I hope you're enjoying the sunshine as much as we are! We've been to Lullababy Easter Special, featuring the Easter Bunny. Soph came too, and considering what trouble we had with Father Christmas, I was very impressed that she actually waved at him, albeit at a distance. Afterwards, we walked down to the [...]
Rev Poppy 