School Holidays

Finding the time to blog alongside all other responsibilities is tricky, but I shall continue...

This is the first year when my eldest son Reuben, has school holidays. We're covering the child care by having a 2 week family holiday. The boys are also going with Claire to their grandparents for a week. The remaining 3.5 weeks or so I'm covering by working 'around' them.

This 'quieter' time of year certainly gives some space to reflect before the mad arrival of September, with Harvest, Alpha, Baptism and the manic countdown to Christmas.

Next week I'll be at BB HQ as a chaplain to one of their training courses, which should be fun. Also probably too many late nights! I shall have to have power naps, I think...

I'm planning to do a series of sessions on Christian basics using Doctor Who clips to help me. As a lifelong fan of Doctor Who I have a lot of material to draw on, but I shall focus on stuff from the recent revival in the main. It's so important to use visual means of communication in church (and outside) today. Although I do sometimes get the impression from some of our longer standing members at church that they are a little weary of *another* video, and a slight longing for the old days of the Long Prayer!

Ho hum.