Amazed & Confused

Stig is trig

We have a friend staying with us at the old House of Sven this week. His name is Stig and he is a lovely Norwegian. The longstanding blog readers amoung you may recognise Stig as the mac lover we hit off with in Oslo last year. His cheeky sense of humour and knowlege of all things apple found a special place in our hearts...

Happy Birthday Mum & Adam!

Today is my little Bro's 18th Birthday, a little frightening as I'm not entirely sure when he grew up, and last week was my Mum's Birthday (I'm not telling) so Steve and I are up in Grendon today for joint celebrations. Lots of love and congratulations to you both, you look gorgeous darlings! xc

Join the I strongly dislike Rupert Murdock club!

Our grand Oscars night plans were scuppered Friday by the realisation that Rupert Merdock is a greedy man. I was in a high state of hiper activity planning how to make my pin the tail on the Oscar game, writing my fake acceptance speach and developing my sweepstake winning predictions when disaster struck: Sky was the limit...

God on Mute

There’s something about hardback that makes a book feel special. Maybe it’s the weight in your hands, maybe it’s the high quality paper, whatever it is there is an ooo aaaaa factor to a book with spine. Yesterday Pete presented me with the one of the first hardback editions of his new book God on Mute and I have to say it’s impressive…

For all you 24-7ers

The lovely Justin Blake reminded me that today is exactly seven years since we launched 24-7 Prayer by lighting a candle in a Guildford nightclub. Seven years! It's been quite a ride. In honour of such a significant occasion Charlotte, Helen and I have made the following video... Download birthday_serenade.3GP

The Band is Named!

The Band is finally named! Daa da da da da daaa daaaaaaaa! We are called The DeLoreans and I love it. The name was inspired by Dan Armstrong's suggestion that we should name check the Back to the Future series. Marty McFly travelled through the decades bringing rock 'n' roll to the masses and we're travelling through the decades bringing you the best tunes to shake your booty to. Mwahahahahahaaaa! We are going to take over the Covers Band universe... xc

Meet the Butlers

This morning I have to confess I was feeling quite overwhelmed by the challenge of resourcing prayer in 24-7 so God planned a little encouragement for me. That ray, nay beam, of sunshine came in the form of Patrick, Rosie, Luke, Jesse and little Johnny Butler. A fantastic family that have just returned to England after 12 years working as missionaries in Paraguay...

Don't Stop Me Now!

The second half of this week has been just as fun and eventful as the first. After my thought provoking trip to Guildford on Tuesday I headed to London Town on Thursday to meet with Lyndall Bywater from the Salvation Army and Andrea Percy, my counterpart in 24-7 UK. Both fantastic women, both gave me lots to think about and added a few items to my ever growing to-do list...

The Sticky Gospel

“What do you see God doing around the World?” I asked leaning eagerly over my Coke in a cosy little pub in Guildford yesterday. My question was addressed to the lovely Martin Scott who responded, unexpectedly, with a question of his own “Do you actually believe in the transforming power of the Gospel of Jesus Christ?”

Geek out

Preperations for Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows has begun. I found out the release date a few days after the rest of the world as it was announced during the period I like to call the winter of my disscontent aka being sick in bed and only realised there was news when Pottercast from the Leaky Cauldron released two episodes instead of their usual singular weekly offering...

Tra la la!

Serendipity: the effect by which one accidentally discovers something fortunate, especially while looking for something else entirely. Steve and I were brainstorming jobs we could do to get some extra cash when Nathan and Rees called and asked us if we wanted to join a band. Sing once a month or restarting my cleaning trade, hmmm, sing once a month or restarting my cleaning trade... the decision was simple...

Blugh!

When Steve pedged to share everything with me I wish I'd had the forsight to add a little proviso: excluding bugs that take me a week to get over. Yes my loving husband has shared and I have lost the ability to control my body temp, I am simultaneously too hot and too cold, I have a bunged up head, snotty sore sinuses and lovely green lung flem. Yum. The drugs have kicked in, staring at a computor screen no longer feels like a knife through the head, so I thought I'd write a little hello. There are a few blogs to come in the next few days: Lisa's adventures in New York, my foray into myspace and the first rehearsal of a fabulous covers band we've joined but they shall have to wait for later. Adue, may God bless you with good health and happy tunes... xc

Capoeira cramp

Today I am in an excrutiating amount of pain. It's been nearly five years since I graduated with a BA in Dance, five years for my body to go very soft and wobbly. Last night I enjoyed moving again so much I ignored my bodies protests as I forced it back to it's old mobility. My first Capoeira class was brilliant fun, but my body is punishing me for my enthusiasm this morning...

Motivated

Please forgive my blog absense. This week I am feeling very motivated by my mandate to spread prayer and thankfully have regained my previous work ethic (something that's taken a severe blow since being married) and I'm beavering away thinking up new resources and re-writing bits and pieces. I'm actually really excited. God's been good too, we've ticked three things off the prayer board here in the office. We're praying God's prayers it seems and He's having fun answering them :D xc