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The Good Bishop and the Determined Little Girl
Leave a commentJune 6, 2014 by lucieromarin
I just read this in the biography of St John Neumann, and had to share it: A charming story is …
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In Praise of the Cake-Lady
Leave a commentJune 2, 2014 by lucieromarin
The brutal reality that all preachers, servers and choristers must keep before them is this: good preaching, reverent serving, and …
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Sport, and Why We Yell at It
4May 28, 2014 by lucieromarin
Creating a new life late in life has, in my instance, compelled me to watch hours and hours of sport. …
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A Lesson, with Magic
Leave a commentMay 21, 2014 by lucieromarin
At a bus stop on Saturday, I saw a young man with his girlfriend, both of whom looked as though …
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Oils, Books, Treasure
Leave a commentMay 17, 2014 by lucieromarin
Well, despite my clarion call to women to resist the temptation to fret about beauty, I found myself this morning …
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Virgins – Not Made of Pink Sugar
Leave a commentMay 12, 2014 by lucieromarin
To understand anything, the first thing you have to realise is that the devil cannot create anything. All he can …
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A Spirituality of Burnout
Leave a commentMay 10, 2014 by lucieromarin
Is there a spirituality of burnout? After much wondering, I realised that part of the reason I couldn’t answer the …
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Why I Didn’t Apostasise
2May 6, 2014 by lucieromarin
I’ve lost count of the number of times people have said things like, “How can someone as intelligent as you …
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Beauty – a Postscript
Leave a commentMay 1, 2014 by lucieromarin
I forgot to include two important points in the previous post (true to form!): It is true that a small …
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