Friday Five – Blessed Rest

Tell us about a place (retreat center or other getaway spot) that offers especially good hospitality. What makes it so for you? Seton Spirituality Centre in Terrence Bay. Whether I spend just the day or several days, the gentle presence of the nuns who live there, quiets my body and soul. Their house is on beautiful grounds…

Friday Five – Hospitals

Over at RevGals the Friday Five is all about hospitals. Five ways I have experienced hospitals, actually six: My earliest memory of a hospital is getting my tonsils out on my BIRTHDAY when i was 5. We lived in Quebec, in a French community and the nurses were nuns. And I was in a crib!…

Friday Five – Whatcha Hauling?

Physical: What do you ALWAYS carry in your purse/wallet/coat pocket/backpack? Painkillers & dental floss.  Whimsical: Is there a surprise inside? What’s among the unusual items? Nothing unusual in my purse, now my computer case is another story… it has multiple pockets to stash things in and I often forget I have put something in there to take…

Friday Five – Taxes!

Taxes: What events do you find “taxing” – taking energy, time, or otherwise being a bit of a drain? Maybe Christmas or Easter takes a lot out of you. Maybe it’s the annual meeting. Maybe it’s gearing up for confirmation. Or maybe it’s something that’s not church-related at all – maybe it’s doing laundry, or…

Random Friday Five

I have missed a number of Friday Fives over the past few weeks as I experimented with having Monday off instead of Friday. FAIL! After 11 years of ministry where I took Fridays off barring emergencies, the change in rhythm did not work. 1.  What are you wearing right now?  (a question from my first…