Big game of catchup to play today. I will plead sickness: I’ve been a mess since last Friday, Naomi since Sunday, and now Jared’s coming down with it. My normal blogging time has been taken up by naps, or attempted naps. I want to get as much of this recorded as I can, as unpolished … More Travel Notes – Week Three All in a Rush
We interrupt this narrative of theological reflection and vocational discernment to bring you… cooking tourism. Not culinary tourism, per se, but the indulgence of someone who gets a kick out of cooking with new and different foods. I mean, the eating them is good too. Warning: if you are disturbed by images of dead and eviscerated … More Fishy Notes
Sermon – St. Jude’s Cathedral in Iqaluit, Nunavut – Informal Inuktitut-Speaking Service by Rebecca Osborn Sunday, February 1st, 2015, 7:00 pm Reading: Mark 1:21-28 I would like to begin by thanking you for having me here. Everyone has been very welcoming to our family. Thank you Jonas for asking me to speak this evening. Your … More Sermon – The Fear of Jesus Sets us Free from Fear
I resume our narrative on Wednesday evening, when I was invited to share a testimony at the women’s Bible study. What a diverse group of ladies, with no less than four continents represented! Actually possibly five; one lady might have been from Australia. Hearing their stories was encouraging for me. I definitely came away realizing … More Travel Notes – tours, tourism, art, and artifacts
After our big day on Sunday, it was decided that Monday would be a do-nothing day. It was delightful. I did laundry. We were given next Sunday’s passages, and gave them a look (we’ll both be preaching on Sunday, at different services). Jared made a couple days’ worth of breakfast and lunches, and we meal-planned. … More Travel Notes – In Which I Ramble about the Weather
Before this trip, I’m not sure I ever would have thought of sitting with the sun on my face as a restful activity. But I spent all of naptime on Saturday on the little loveseat, which is at just the perfect angle from the picture window, sliding across to get the last of Sol’s rays … More Travel Notes – Saturday Daylight, Sunday Services
I don’t expect many people to read all this, but some of you will, and I need to take some notes for myself. So without further ado, here is a sampling of things we have learned or observed in the last three days: With a toddler and a pregnant lady, an 8 hour car ride is … More Travel Notes ~ Around Iqaluit
We plan to pull away from our house in about eighteen hours. I would say we are about 3/4 packed at this point, with nearly everything else staged and ready to be shoved in bags at the last moment. The house is a wreck, but it’ll keep. We aren’t really bringing that much (the hideous … More Planned, Staged, and Lifting Off
There was one last bit of Christmas knitting lurking behind to show you. It lurked, but in a discreet and appropriate fashion, because it just wouldn’t be right to show it to you before it had been gifted to its recipient, and we finally had occasion to do so last night. Some new friends of … More Christmas Extended
The Gluten Reintroduction Experiment has been accelerated over the holidays. Our nascent Bible Study spent over two months meditating on Luke 10:1-12, in which Jesus says twice to the 72 disciples he sends out, “eat what is put before you.” Since (in 10 days now, eep!) we are going to be guests in a very different … More The Bread Report: The Last Homemade Experiments
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