Random thoughts and photos of my journey through life…
Filed under Anecdotes, Out & About
Today was dull overcast day but I couldn’t resist going back to Leegomery Pools to look for the goslings I mentioned in my previous post.
The dull overcast day meant that the pathways were quiet. I saw few people and was able to linger and enjoy the cute goslings who were leading their parents around the [...]
6 Comments CherryPie on May 4th 2020
Filed under Faith Foundations
One starry night, so bright,
The world was filled with love.
A wonderful sight, the light,
That shined from up above
The angels proclaimed His Holy Name,
King of Kings.
This is the story, the power and the glory
Three wise men knelt to pray,
A guiding star had led the way
There He lay, born on Christmas Day.
Joy did He bring, the King, [...]
14 Comments CherryPie on Dec 25th 2018
…The Quest to Identify the Three Wise Men
Synopsis (From inside the book cover):
Modern biblical scholars tend to dismiss the Christmas story of the “wise men from the East” as pious legend. Matthew’s gospel offers few details, but imaginative Christians filled out the story early on, giving us the three kings guided by a magical star [...]
6 Comments CherryPie on Mar 12th 2018
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The Bible Gateway shares an informative graphic of the Christmas Story timeline. The chart shows the people and events of the Christmas story.
This visualization traces the Christmas story as told in Matthew 1-2 and Luke 1-2, showing you who is with whom throughout the story. Verse references are provided so you can look up each event [...]
18 Comments CherryPie on Dec 23rd 2017
Filed under This & That
In him was life; and the life was the light of men.
John 1:4
6 Comments CherryPie on Dec 24th 2016
Filed under Anecdotes, Science & Nature
I have just come inside from watching the stars and planets twinkling and rotating above my garden. The heavenly bodies were accompanied by a bat flitting about catching insects in the twilight. It was a perfect end to a perfect day.
It was Mr C’s birthday and we spent the day at Chester Zoo. The weather [...]
8 Comments CherryPie on Aug 16th 2016
The Angel that presided o’er my birth
Said, “Little creature, form’d of Joy and Mirth,
“Go love without the help of any Thing on Earth.”
William Blake
2 Comments CherryPie on Jan 10th 2016
