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Nicolemr
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My brother found a job! It's only two days a week but there's the chance of it leading to something more. Plus he has an interview at another place on Friday that might lead to something.

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Wesley J

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Thanks to Almighty God (or whoever that was [Paranoid] ) who inspired me to attend the evening service at an Anglican church again - this one's a bit over an hour away. (There's one closer, but they don't do evenings, and I just never get up in time on Sunday mornings!)

Good to have been back after a prolonged absence. I had moved house, and now they're even further away - but boy, it's still the same fabulous music, real organ and even two organ and violin pieces at the end, all played by professional musicians, with a quality and expertise you probably won't normally get in a congregation of that size. Pure bliss! (And the choir wasn't even on duty that night!) [Yipee]

Good sermon et al, too. Same faces, only a wee bit older. Some good things never change. Excellent stuff. [Big Grin]

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Be it as it may: Wesley J will stay. --- Euthanasia, that sounds good. An alpine neutral neighbourhood. Then back to Britain, all dressed in wood. Things were gonna get worse. (John Cooper Clarke)

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Piglet
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I'm glad you liked it, WJ - I reckon Choral Evensong is one of the best reasons for being an Anglican!

[Smile]

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Bene Gesserit
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Well said, Piglet - I agree entirely!

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Sancta Maria, Mater Dei, ora pro nobis peccatoribus

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Wesley J

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Piglet, I was thinking of you and your reports (amid much decanal grinning) when I wrote this! You are so totally right! [Smile]

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Be it as it may: Wesley J will stay. --- Euthanasia, that sounds good. An alpine neutral neighbourhood. Then back to Britain, all dressed in wood. Things were gonna get worse. (John Cooper Clarke)

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Welease Woderwick

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Much relief, I found my passport!

[Yipee]

...but then it was probably me that covered it with a stack of papers!

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Sioni Sais
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A very long time ago (OK, May 2013) my then-bosses 22 year old son was diagnosed with Hodgkins Lymphoma. He had two courses of chemo and is now officially in remission and on three monthly checks. He had only started work two weeks before he was diagnosed but the firm kept his job open and he return to it last week.

We take good news where we can get it on the cancer front. Thanks everyone.

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(Paul Sinha, BBC)

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Brenda Clough
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I am so un-media savvy, I do not know who Bronson Pinchot is. But he is the reader of my novel HOW LIKE A GOD, which is just out on Audible.com!
http://www.audible.com/pd?asin=B00OGKZIL6&source_code=AUDORWS1016149B8E

Unfortunately I probably will never have the courage to listen to him read it!

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Science fiction and fantasy writer with a Patreon page

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Kelly Alves

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I know him. He's got a nice, rich voice. ( character actor mostly known for comedic roles-- but nice voice!)

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I cannot expect people to believe “
Jesus loves me, this I know” of they don’t believe “Kelly loves me, this I know.”
Kelly Alves, somewhere around 2003.

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Kelly Alves

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Haven't read this in a while-- yay for all the yay! [Yipee]

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I cannot expect people to believe “
Jesus loves me, this I know” of they don’t believe “Kelly loves me, this I know.”
Kelly Alves, somewhere around 2003.

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Evensong
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It's so much easier to look back and see God's hand in your life than when you're in the thick of trouble.

Thank you God for looking after me so wondrously.

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a theological scrapbook

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Doc Tor
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The hospice has better wifi than my parents' house. And no data limit, either. Who would have thought?

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Forward the New Republic

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Mad Cat
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I did not forget to buy coffee!

Well, I could qualify that, and say, I forgot to buy coffee, but then my list reminded me at the till that I should go back and get some. This avoided later berating of self and is a great cause of joy!

Yay lists!!

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Weird and sweary.

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Starbug
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I am so grateful to everyone who has supported me since I've been off sick from work. They say that when you're in trouble, you find out who your friends are, and that's is so true - those who've helped me in person and those I've never met, like the Shipmates on the Prayers of the Faithful thread. Thank You, Lord, for all these wonderful people. May I be as good a friend to them.

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ChastMastr
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Cubby is home from the hospital!!

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MrsBeaky
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One of the Diocesan projects with which I am working is facing very severe financial challenges. Today we received two donations which we will keep our work with children with disabilities viable for the a while at least.
My Kenyan colleagues wept when they received the news.
So relieved and thankful
An answer to some heartfelt prayers

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daisymay

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My computer is fixed and my family connected it as they are near it! I am pleased - thank you God to get it fixed! [Overused]

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The Intrepid Mrs S
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40th wedding anniversary today! We have been, and are, so greatly blessed. Thank you God for our families and friends who have supported us over all these years together, hard times and better times, sickness and health, etc etc.

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The Intrepid Mrs. S, thanking God for Mr. S [Axe murder]

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Prayer should be our first recourse, not our last resort
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Sir Kevin
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Yay! Ours will be in four years.

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Piglet
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Congratulations, Mr. and Mrs. S! [Yipee]

Today I'm thankful that I found my keys, which I thought I'd locked in the office, but hadn't.

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I may not be on an island any more, but I'm still an islander.
alto n a soprano who can read music

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Erroneous Monk
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Please join me in thanking God for his great gift, my brand new nephew, 5 hours old, no name yet.

Thank you, Jesus.

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Piglet
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Congratulations, and welcome to Planet Earth, Erroneous Nephew (should that be Erroneous Novice?). [Yipee]

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I may not be on an island any more, but I'm still an islander.
alto n a soprano who can read music

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Welease Woderwick

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I got my visa extension - for which much thanks.

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Fancy a break in South India?
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Zoey

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Feeling thankful for a very helpful discussion with a union rep this morning.

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Pay no mind, I'm doing fine, I'm breathing on my own.

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daisymay

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I had a problem in the computer about getting messages and I prayed and phone the one to fix it and it is fixed now. Thank you, God. [Overused]

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spork
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Thankyou Lord for the first time in a while I've had a full nights sleep, not being plagued by multiple 'mini-siezures'. Thankyou also for my Mother who has sat by my side many nights as I'm sure she will be called upon again.

Thankyou Lord for my handsome boyfriend A and his voice oh when he tells me he loves me or even sings to me* I just fall more in love with him.

*he has restricted vocal cords which means he sometimes cannot be understood by others and has to be in an environment he feels secure in (as you can imagine) to sing but to me oh [Tear]

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God only made one of me, most people agree this is a good thing

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ChastMastr
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[Overused] Spork [Axe murder]

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Huia
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New purple hearing aids [Yipee] and, what's more the price was less than quoted, thanks to a decrease just before the audiologist bought them [Yipee]

Also many thanks to the ethical audiologist [Angel]

Sounds are not only louder, but far crisper. Somehow unexpectedly loud noises are dampened down too - magic!

Huia

Huia

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Charity gives food from the table, Justice gives a place at the table.

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Sarasa
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Hurrah for your hearing aids Huia -as a wearer I know the difference good ones make.

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'I guess things didn't go so well tonight, but I'm trying. Lord, I'm trying.' Charlie (Harvey Keitel) in Mean Streets.

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The Intrepid Mrs S
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Some time ago I asked for prayer for a Situation in a Church Near Us. Hallelujah, it has been resolved - not without a great deal of pain and expense - but resolved none the less, and we all breathe again.

Thank you all so much for your prayers.

Mrs. S, mopping her brow

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Don't get your knickers in a twist over your advancing age. It achieves nothing and makes you walk funny.
Prayer should be our first recourse, not our last resort
'Lord, please give us patience. NOW!'

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Uncle Pete

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I met one of my first cousins yesterday for the first time in the memory of either of us. It was a very interesting experience. I am sad she had such an upbringing but happy to tell her that the ogres she was taught to fear when she was a child were perfectly ordinary and nice people.

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Even more so than I was before

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Tree Bee

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Mr Bee safely delivered to hospital in Oxford and the op has gone well.
Grateful to see a rainbow as I left the hospital.
Prayers for his recovery and my travelling appreciated.

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"Any fool can make something complicated. It takes a genius to make it simple."
— Woody Guthrie
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Lothlorien
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Good news for you all, Tree Bee.
[Votive]

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Dormouse

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Thanksgiving for the safe delivery of the Dormouse great niece, named Lydia Florence.

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What are you doing for Lent?
40 days, 40 reflections, 40 acts of generosity. Join the #40acts challenge for #Lent and let's start a movement. www.40acts.org.uk

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Uncle Pete

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Thanks be to God, my nephew has checked in.

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Even more so than I was before

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Piglet
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Glad to hear it, Uncle P. Prayers continuing.

[Votive]

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I may not be on an island any more, but I'm still an islander.
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Doc Tor
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Philae has landed, DG. [Yipee]

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L'organist
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Happy for you, Doc Tor.

A fantastic achievement - especially welcome after the recent accidents.

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Rara temporum felicitate ubi sentire quae velis et quae sentias dicere licet

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Firenze

Ordinary decent pagan
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quote:
Originally posted by Doc Tor:
Philae has landed, DG. [Yipee]

I remarked to my husband that it was nice to see happy scientists and he said he saw one every time he looked in the mirror. Aw, bless.
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The Intrepid Mrs S
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Miss S-as-was has returned Mr. S's car, which she has had on loan for 10 weeks while hers was being made. (This means that the grumpiness about my car and my driving will now cease [Yipee] )

Mrs. S - for this relief much thanks!
[Axe murder] [Axe murder] [Axe murder]

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Don't get your knickers in a twist over your advancing age. It achieves nothing and makes you walk funny.
Prayer should be our first recourse, not our last resort
'Lord, please give us patience. NOW!'

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ExclamationMark
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Finally, after 5 months of investigations, together with the hospital messing up appointments and tests, I am told I do not have bladder cancer and my kidneys are fine.

Not out of the woods but the trees are thinning.

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Kelly Alves

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Amen! [Votive]

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I cannot expect people to believe “
Jesus loves me, this I know” of they don’t believe “Kelly loves me, this I know.”
Kelly Alves, somewhere around 2003.

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Piglet
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Excellent news, EM! [Yipee]

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I may not be on an island any more, but I'm still an islander.
alto n a soprano who can read music

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Jack the Lass

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Today is my Christian birthday. Another year, still here [Smile]

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"My body is a temple - it's big and doesn't move." (Jo Brand)
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daisymay

St Elmo's Fire
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My son and his two little women from school came to me today and he washed and cleaned a floor of my place I cook! And also everything in it too! So I did not have to do it today! [Overused]

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The Intrepid Mrs S
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The Jumbo FUN Concert in church tonight, in aid of two African charities we support, went really well. I'm so relieved, I can think about Christmas now.
[Overused]
Mrs. S, still humming 'Nellie the Elephant'

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Don't get your knickers in a twist over your advancing age. It achieves nothing and makes you walk funny.
Prayer should be our first recourse, not our last resort
'Lord, please give us patience. NOW!'

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cattyish

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My little brother, who isn't the easiest person due to some health issues, had a chat on the 'phone with his good friend. This is a major breakthrough in getting back in contact. I am massively thankful for his faithful and lovely friend and said friend's kindness to my Dad who was feeling pretty worried about wee bro 2.

Cattyish, good things to all faithful friends.

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Ralph Waldo Emerson

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Piglet
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I'm thankful that my friend J. has come through her (first) radiotherapy with not too many ill-effects, and she was back singing in the choir today.

[Votive] that it zaps that which needs to be zapped.

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I may not be on an island any more, but I'm still an islander.
alto n a soprano who can read music

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ChastMastr
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For a wonderful Thankgiving Day. [Axe murder]

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churchgeek

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I would like to give thanks for wonderful friends who are, in $25-$100 increments, funding my trip to the UK to present at a conference in January. Someone even donated her miles to buy my plane ticket! Since I've been unemployed for a while, I would absolutely not be able to make this trip without their help.

It's a big deal for me - my first real conference presentation (I did a small panel and another small society meeting before), and a CV line item. And my first time in England! Plus it's been a really bad year-or-so, and this is definitely a bright spot. I'd been feeling a bit disconnected from my studies (especially being on the other side of the US from my school now, and being on leave because I can't afford tuition), so this is a much-needed way to reconnect with my academic work.

Other friends who can't contribute money are also offering words of support, prayers, and tips/ideas, and that is really meaningful as well. I would like to give thanks for all these friends.

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