Monthly Archives: December 2005

Dec
24
2005

Merry Christmas everyone.

Merry Christmas everyone.
We’ve seen Santa go past in the Country Fire Authority firetruck, shouting Merry Christmas and throwing out bags of lollies.
We’ve BBQed with the neighbours and lit the Christ candle of the advent candles. The little girl next door couldn’t wait, and she remembered what all the candles stand [...]

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Dec
24
2005

Christmas in my part of Australia

I love it how at Christmas time, every one is visiting families for the whole day. Almost everyone has the day off, and the world is peaceful. It’s quiet. As it gets dark people grab a beer or a mug of tea, and go for a walk. Grandpa, Dad, Mum, Uncle, [...]

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Dec
22
2005

Things to do

Get Dad’s present.
Think of Mum’s present.
Might have to fight my way through the crowd at the (not so) local Christian bookstore. It’s crazier than the shops. Maybe I’ll get her a women’s bible with pink leather cover and five minute devotional summaries of the text? Maybe I’ll get her some Christian [...]

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Dec
04
2005

I’m famous

My blog entry from the 28th of November was read out at Ian’s church today.
This is the comment from Ian.
“The parish laughed at your description of Fr George and the fact I ran out after meeting you : but all over they were so happy that you found it a wonderful [...]

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Dec
01
2005

Converts to Orthodoxy.

At the Orthodox retreat I was at, we got together a little table of people who were not born into the Orthodox church. I like to hear how people find out about Orthodoxy.
I didn’t know anything about it until a friend started exploring Orthodoxy and started going on and on (in a [...]

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