Author: inspiredinyork

i am a christian, mum and wife, and assistant curate working in the Church of England

New year in York

Due to unforseen circumstances, the weather in York, UK has been pretty dramatic. Our lovely flood meadows were no longer there, and a lake temporarily appeared instead. Several of the streets near our home were predicted to be flooded, however in reality this didn’t happen. The feeling of being on red alert was really odd, […]

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2015 in review

The WordPress.com stats helper monkeys prepared a 2015 annual report for this blog. Here’s an excerpt: A San Francisco cable car holds 60 people. This blog was viewed about 980 times in 2015. If it were a cable car, it would take about 16 trips to carry that many people. Click here to see the […]

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Glad tidings!

One of the down sides of being a parent it seems to me is the constant list of things you are suddenly supposed to be good at- climbing trees, baking, making food, creating things with bits of paper, entertaining other kids, making stories sound exciting, and patiently listening to lots of stories about things you […]

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Bethlehem

Micah 5 v2 “But you, Bethlehem Ephrathah, though you are small among the clans of Judah, out of you will come for me one who will be ruler over Israel, whose origins are from of old, from ancient times” Only 21 sleeps to go.. so exciting in our house. The best bit about being a […]

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Just the way you are

26-28 In the sixth month of Elizabeth’s pregnancy, God sent the angel Gabriel to the Galilean village of Nazareth to a virgin engaged to be married to a man descended from David. His name was Joseph, and the virgin’s name, Mary. Upon entering, Gabriel greeted her: Good morning! You’re beautiful with God’s beauty, Beautiful inside and […]

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Trick or Treat

It’s not that cold here at the moment, but very dark. It’s all quite depressing coming out of the office at 5pm to a pitch black world. It makes you want to go to bed early and never leave the house again. That’s why I like the atmosphere on our street at Halloween, it brings […]

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Surprise!

This time of year I inevitably realise too late that it’s my son’s birthday coming up. He arrived in the world 7 weeks premature, so his actual due date was December. I’m not sure if that’s why, but after the summer holidays, it suddenly seems to be almost November before I’ve realised I need to organise […]

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Mighty oaks and acorns

I love this time of year, although it’s colder and wetter, I love seeing the trees change colour, and the harvest time. When I was preparing my talk for Granny’s funeral this week, a picture kept coming up of a mighty tree, that had sadly fallen. She lived to 100 and I guess that’s the equivalent […]

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