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A Time for Resolutions

by Dale Harcombe

31 Dec 2008 09:10 PM

New Year is a time for resolutions. Many are made but not so many are kept. So what is the point of resolutions? Resolutions are helpful if they focus our attention on areas that need to be changed.

For the Good of Others

by Dale Harcombe

29 Dec 2008 04:22 PM

Each year our family gathers together over the Christmas period. Only twice has our while family not been together. Once was years back when our son and his wife were overseas, and I found that hard. Then this Christmas for the first time ever we did not have our daughter with us on Christmas day.

What is Christmas?

by Dale Harcombe

23 Dec 2008 08:16 PM

For many people Christmas is all about spending time with family. For others it is about presents and shopping and the hype that goes along with Santa and presents.

What About Santa?

by Dale Harcombe

21 Dec 2008 03:49 PM

On Saturday we had sirens blaring as fire truck and police trundled down our street. No, not a disaster, it was Santa in the fire truck waving and throwing out sweets to the neighborhood children that flocked out to greet him. It happens every year in our neighborhood.

Reason to Sing

by Dale Harcombe

20 Dec 2008 09:27 PM

What a joy this morning to get back to leading the singing at church along with the other others on the music team. And what a special time to be singing.

Christmas Lights?

by Dale Harcombe

19 Dec 2008 09:43 PM

Last week at church the minister talked of why Christmas and Christmas lights always go together. I'd heard other reasons as to how they were connected but they often seemed rather tenuous. But I liked the way he linked them. It made the most sense to me.

Effective Use of Christmas Cards

by Dale Harcombe

17 Dec 2008 03:54 PM

Well, I finally got around to sending our Christmas cards out yesterday. It was interesting on the weekend to read in the Sydney Morning Herald that Australia is the fourth largest greeting card market in the world. We come behind the US, UK and Netherlands.

Christmas Carols

by Dale Harcombe

16 Dec 2008 06:06 PM

I'm a sucker for Christmas carols.

Christmas Joy

by Dale Harcombe

15 Dec 2008 07:51 PM

On Sunday we want to our sister church- the other church that belongs to our parish. We were greeted the door by children dressed as Mary, Joseph and shepherds and what was, with a bit of imagination,a donkey.

Them's the Breaks!

by Dale Harcombe

11 Dec 2008 02:28 PM

How quickly and easily life can change! It did for me 7 weeks ago. All it took was our pup's four wet paws to make the tile floor slippery, and next minute I was seeing stars. When I could eventually get up to sit in a chair, I suspected I'd broken my arm.



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