A fine line

I had a great time at church yesterday. I don't think mum did. (please note we went to different churches).

After a particularly dull service she said to me "You know when you have to keep taking deep breaths just to stop yourself falling asleep? I don't need to be entertained but awake would be nice."

I've heard a few people complaining that all young people want in worship is to be entertained.

How dare young people like my mum and I be demanding services that are engaging enough to stay awake for. If tedium was good enough for the early church, it should be good enough for us!

Gingerbread family trees

I spent a good part of this morning making small gingerbread replicas of myself and my family. My skill with an icing tube is not so great that I would expect anyone to recognise my efforts. Though you may have been able to spot me by the small spikes of red icing for hair and, if you'd known I was wearing a green stripy jumper you might have had a head start.

There was a serious point to making the gingerbread people. They were illustrations of the people who have influenced us. We honoured them in sugar and then prayed for them. Here are the people I made: