Great joy singing at the #TowerofLondon on Sunday with #WonenInHarmony choir as part of their December choirs event. We wassailed a good wassail & were delighted when a couple of tower ravens joined in (in the alto2 range we feel). [Images of a grouped choir in brightly colored scarves & a raven]

Late night shopping: we ran free Nativity crafts, a toastie bar, dress-up nativity with stable to create festive photos, glittered faces, hosted the #WomenInHarmony choir, put new Nativity figures in the memorial garden & enjoyed a great procession of light finale. #latenightshopping #Christmas

On Monday of this week, I was involved in the #historic Choosing Day for the #Deputy of the #CinquePortLiberty of #Brightlingsea. Always a fascinating occasion & great to hear how much money was raised for #charity in the past year. Good to celebrate new freemen & new Deputy Ian Werngren.

#Advent wools in. Purple candle lit. O Come, O Come Emmanuel sung. Countdown begun. The Church year begins anew. Have a blessed Advent. [Image of me, head and shoulders, with pink and purple wools braided in my hair]

'Tis the season to #recycle.... seaglass #Christmas trees made with our Teens2Twenties group at Church & a gorgeous wreath made with recycled plastic by my very talented future daughter-in-law. Do any of you include recycled elements in your Christmases? Would love more ideas.

#16DaysOfActivismAgainstGenderBasedViolence #RedChair The RED CHAIR is back in Church. Gender based violence kills a woman every 10 mins. We place an empty chair for the missing women. Pray. Remember. Act. [Alt: red rocking chair by Altar with red hangings, candles, Virgin Mary & red roses]

Happiness is a purring #cat at the end of a long shift in a chilly garage. [ALT: One man and his cat. My 19 year old son after work in a red hoodie, long hair tied back, cradling his black and white cat Venus like a baby. She has wrapped her paws around his arm. They do this most days.]

Autumn in my churchyard. So many colours! A carpet of beautiful endings. #It'sTheLittleThings [Pictures are Autumn leaves of various tree species in oranges, browns & golds, & my feet and walking staff as I walk over them - Alt text is not working right for me in this platform, not sure why]

Working on paperwork, watched intently by my Newfervisor Brodie... #ADogsLife

Risk assessing #ForestChurch for falling tree limbs (thanks, storm Bertie). Verdict: portable firepit, different location, and on we go! #StuffNotTaughtAtTheologicalCollege. Let's hope #StirUpSunday does not apply to the location & angle of our 7.5 acre churchyard's many beloved & venerable trees.

Doing #prayerspace at #Vocations day in @chelmsdio.bsky.social. Wonderful conversations & reflections. We never stop being #called. @bishcolchester.bsky.social's advice: 1. Aim low (humility), 2. give up (what will you relinquish if God asks?) & 3. have a coffee (because being with others helps).

Lord, you are huge. I am a speck. Thank you for stooping down to check That all is well in my small space. Is this what the Bible means by grace? -RevCBeckett

Levitical law: mould/rot in a house? Everything out, strip out affected areas & if it returns, demolish the house. Jesus in the Gospels: cleanses Temple, returns to find it back as it was, prophesies destruction, "not one stone left upon another." CofE on Safeguarding Sunday: food for thought....?

What do this morning's CofE lectionary readings, Safeguarding Sunday, scandal in the CofE, the OT rules about mould in houses, exile & Jesus cleansing then prophesying the destruction of the Temple have in common? www.facebook.com/share/p/15Gs...

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