Inspired by @revdphilippa.bsky.social my first book finished this year is God didn’t make us to Hate us by Rev Lizzie McManus-Dail. Read with the @feministtheology.bsky.social book group from Advent to Candlemas. Excellent inclusive bite sized Bible reflections and reworkings of prayers.

Starting Monday morning with a neat pile of ironed altar linen (home communion and portable sets) #TinyJoys

When you spent hours shoveling your car out and you REALLY don’t want anyone taking your spot

Mending the first service book I ever owned (proper manuscript tape not sellotape) 46 years old and I still refer to it from time to time. (Usually for the psalm translations as CW psalms took a different route). Reflecting there’s now whole generations who have no idea what this is. #TinyJoys

Three errors here. First, in confusing some kind of SEND classification (20%) with EHCPs (5.5%). Secondly in assuming it gives automatic right to DLA. Though there is a strong ECHP/DLA overlap. Third in assuming that those moving to DLA to PIP never work (it's not an out of work benefit).

This is how people feel about the bones of their ancestors in museums around the world, that they should be returned to the community they were a part of, to be honored in the ways of that particular culture. Bring them home

Some immigrants in Minneapolis have said they're scared to go out because of ICE agents across the city. When one 12-year-old needed to run an errand, it triggered a network of underground volunteers. n.pr/4pT6Ia8

I have heard him in the whistles of the ones on watch for ICE I have seen him in detention with the ones who pay the price He calls us all to stand against injustice, hate and vice: his truth is marching on!

I have heard him in the whistles of the ones on watch for ICE; He is watching as communities fight kidnapping and vice; In his Kingdom all are welcome, there His judgement will suffice. His love is marching on. Not a patch on the original, but maybe others can improve it.

I was praying for Minneapolis and the US earlier, for those living in fear of abduction and detention, and for those resisting, and I found I had the line “I have heard Him in the whistles of the ones of watch for ICE,” so I share that in case it encourages anyone.

A fab video, and the replies are blissful too!

The Cost of a Strong Church “The exclusion of the weak and insignificant,the seemingly useless people, from a Christian communitymay actually mean the exclusion of Christ.”Dietrich Bonhoeffer, Life Together Bonhoeffer wrote these words during the Nazi era, at a time when entire groups of people…

Eating roast salsify for the first time and discovering it is absolutely delicious despite its very unpromising appearance #TinyJoys

Pope Leo on Christmas Eve: “On earth, there is no room for God if there is no room for the human person. To refuse one is to refuse the other.”

Following common worship daily prayer lectionary for this liturgical year for a change (instead of the one year 1961 daily office lectionary). There are pros and cons to both but it’s highly satisfying to reach the “end of the prophets” on Christmas Eve 😃

Who will celebrate Christmas correctly? Whoever finally lays down all power, all honor, all reputation, all vanity, all arrogance, all individualism beside the manger. Dietrich Bonhoeffer

#TinyJoys yr 7s improvising the conversations between various characters in the nativity story. Out of many wonderful moments my favourite was the argument between Mary and Joseph over whether they should let the kings (ie strange men) in or not, and the kings trying to bribe them with the gold

Jesus Christ is always at the centre of Christmas. And everyone's invited to experience it with us. Come and celebrate Christmas at a church near you. Find services and events in your local community at AChurchNearYou.com/christmas.

On TDOR, we share the names of just a number of the 281 trans people murdered in the past year. Most were Black and Brown trans women. Activists are being targeted too. We come together in grief and care, and keep pushing for a world where trans lives are safe and full of joy. @tgeuorg.bsky.social

I have a very confused yucca plant in my garden.

Proud to be a friend to two awesome trans parents of trans kids @valouriousknight.bsky.social @thisfoxwrites.bsky.social

First exploded apples (otherwise known as baked apples) of the year. #TinyJoys.

#ZeroWaste broccoli and Stilton soup (made from broccoli and cauliflower stalks after the florets used for other things ). Satisfying #TinyJoys

Late summer/early autumn sun on a plastic greenhouse is ripening tomatoes well! #TinyJoys

I confirmed this morning that I still don’t like 9 am meetings. Lovely people but my brain was struggling to process.

My dahlias are glowing in the sun today #TinyJoys

Myrrh- I have to look it up every year.

Memory eternal 🕯️

Yellow tomatoes suddenly ripening all at once #TinyJoys

I treated myself to a new teapot yesterday and I’ve really enjoyed pouring a cup of tea without it dribbling everywhere. #TinyJoys

My spell check has stopped highlighting when I type expereince rather than experience. This is not helpful when writing an academic autoethnographic chapter.

Ice cream van has just been around for the 3rd time this week (my fave treat) and the offspring will be making tea. And I’ve written lots of half decent words today. Rather an abundance of #TinyJoys

Every day my dahlia’s have more flowers on them at the moment #TinyJoys

Editing always takes longer than I anticipate. But I am hopeful I've now sent off the final version of an article #TinyJoys

Some of my dahlia petals have been munched by snails. I was contemplating trimming them off. Just walked past and seen a bee enjoying a meal from the stamens unbothered by the lack of petals. #TinyJoys

Sometimes making it to the end of the working week feels like an achievement. Wine and takeaway tonight #TinyJoys

One of the best things I’ve seen in ages.

takeout has always been a thing because human beings have always known it’s unsustainable to Do It All All of the Time™

Evensong 5 days in a row. (Two choral and three chanted in three different contexts) leaves me tired but happy!

New planner day #TinyJoys

For my fellow #Janeites out there :D

I’m at the airport en route to #EABSBL, so it feels like the perfect time to send a copy of my book, Reimaging the Magdalene, on a journey too! 💛 like and 🔁 RT and I’ll draw a winner on the feast of Mary Mag (22/07, heathens) Let’s see where it ends up… #Giveaway

I have recently discovered the amazing patterns on the inside of otherwise useless envelopes (no sticky left to lick!) and now utilising them to line brown paper to make homemade scrapbook covers #TinyJoys

Such a variety of colours in the sands of Iona #TinyJoys

Coffee with a Robin for company. #TinyJoys

And on another note last Sunday before my holiday completed #TinyJoys (just 3 assemblies, 2 visits, 1 meeting and a stack of paperwork to go … )

80 year old LLM citing feminist and liberation theology insights in his sermon on the Trinity this morning #TinyJoys