My week...

Sat here feeling a sense of relief at having got today over with! This last week has been a bit of a blur - in fact I can't believe it was only this time last week that Lisa and I were travelling back from Bruges. Since getting back last Monday night I've finished an essay on the theology of baptism; done some reading and prepared an essay plan on what Paul means by 'righteousness of God' in Romans; prepared and preached a sermon at one of my attachment church's for a 9.30am service on Sunday, as well as preparing and leading all of a more informal service at my other church at 11am on Sunday - both on the one Sunday as the vicar is away for 1/2 term; attended various lectures and done bits of reading for them; and then today had supervisions based on the theology of baptism and righteousness of God work, as well as a pastoral seminar for which I had to read someone elses essay and give feedback to them about it. Busy few days - hence the lack of much meaningful entry on this blog!

Amidst all the busyness though I did take a few mins out last week to enjoy Ridley in the snow:

and also at the weekend to watch the England v Italy and Ireland v France 6 nations rugby matches. Not much to say about the England game really - victory as expected, but a bit of a 'nothing' game and performance, very uninspiring stuff. Kind of expected that really, after all the silly media hype after the Scotland game the week before - why do things get built up so quickly on the back of 1 game? Anyway, the Ireland game was a different matter altogether - what a match! Lisa and I were so gutted when France nicked it with that try at the end, but on what I've seen so far Ireland and France are head and shoulders above the other 4 teams this year. Still not convinced that anyone can really challenge the All Blacks for the World Cup later this year though. In other sport - great victory for England in the cricket one dayers down under, especially after the awful time they had been having. The less said about football, and especially Liverpool the better!

With the lack of time over the last few days, not had a chance to say about our weekend away in Bruges. Really enjoyed it - beautiful city and well worth a visit, and getting there via the Eurostar from London to Brussels was so easy. Burnt a lot of sole rubber wandering round the city and its sites, enjoyed a boat trip on the canals, enjoyed a tour of a brewery and drank some very good Belgian beer, had a couple of really nice meals out, bought some good Belgian chocolate and beer home with us, and stayed in a really nice hotel. Great time! See a few of my photo's below: