I have managed to go to the zoo, visit the homes of three friends, assemble 11 gift packages, cook eight meals, battle my way through a mob, attend a birthday party and dance to Nigerian music – all within the space of 48 hours and am dead tired. I had a lovely time at the [...]
Posts Tagged ‘pastor’
Unanswerable questions
Posted in The Muses, tagged angels, Christmas, God, Holy Spirit, Jesus born, Joseph's wife, manger, Mary, Nativity scene, pastor, Santa's birthday, Vacation Bible school, vacation bible school teacher on August 12, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
For a short time, I worked as a vacation bible school teacher in our area when I was 18. I was totally unprepared for the amount of questions the kids asked me… For starters, we were reading the Nativity scene. One of the kids ask me: How was Jesus born? Me: Jesus was born in [...]
Church memories
Posted in A voice of sanity in the Christian world, tagged biriyani, chicken, Christmas pot luck, church, community lunches, lamb chops, Nativity play, pastor on July 3, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
My favourite memories of church were the Community lunches and the potluck dinner. The community lunches were prepared by the church members on the church grounds. The men made the biriyani (rice) in a huge vessel and the women used to cook the accompanying dishes on makeshift stoves. The men had to do the heavy [...]
