One of my Christmas presents came from an unexpectant place. And as you know that does make a present worse ;-) It is a bouquet af sweets and finger puppets. Etable, Coulurful and entertaining! What more can you want? I'm so happy and impressed by it that I'd thouht I'd share it with you! //

Èn af mine julegaver kom fra ganske uventet kant. Det gør jo som regel ikke gaver værre ;-) Det er denne slik buket med fingerdukker. Spiselig, farvestrålende og underholdende. Hvad mere kan man forlange?! Jeg er så imponeret og glad for den at jeg lige ville vise den frem...

Glædelig jul! Vi er lige kommet tilbage efter en stille gudstjeneste i Vejle - vi var ikke mange, men dog flere end sidste år. Duncan og jeg havde gudstjenesten sammen. Det var dejligt, for der er længe imellem vi får lov til at være sammen på den måde, og det er der noget fint ved at være. Duncan ledte gudstjenesten, hvor alle var inviteret til at tage en julegave med - og de havde gjort det! Det var sjovt ;-) Det største hit var nok det elektriske målebånd ... Jeg prædikede, men havde hård konkurrence idag. Naomi, en lille pige på to år, nyligt adopteret fra Syafrika, var nemlig med i kirke. Det er der bestemt ikke noget galt med for der hører børnene jo også til, og Naomi er et vældigt stille barn. Men hendes far havde taget sine nye tøfler med som hans julegave. Så mens jeg nok så alvorligt stod og fortalte om underet at Gud selv blev menneske, og at både krop og ånd er vigtig hvis vi skal være hele og sunde mennesker, ja, så stod Naomi og balancerede på ét ben for at prøve sin fars tøfler .... Det var temmelig svært at holde masken!
Idag ligger vi på brak, og imorgen flyver vi til Manchester for at besøge familien i England. Selvom vi skal se en masse, bliver der også tid til at slappe af og gå en god tur i Sutton Park. Vi glæder os i hvert fald til det. Og er glade for at vi i år har mulighed for at holde jul både på dansk og engelsk! // Merry Christmas! We have just come back from a quiet service in Vejle - the big Christmas service is on the 24th in the evening. It was a small number this morning, but we had a good time. Duncan and I shared the service. That was noce, because it's not very often we get to do that anymore. But it's a good way to be together. Duncan let the service, where everybody had been invited to bring along a Christmas present - and they had! It was fun ;-) I think the best one was the electrical tape measurer... I preached, but had very hard competition to dag. It just so happened that Naomi, a little girl on 2, recently adopted from South Africa, had come to church with her parents. There's nothing wrong with that - on the contrary. But Naomi's dad had brought his new slippers as his present. And so, while I was telling about the wonder of God becoming human, and that we need to remember both body and spirit if we are to be whole and healthy people, well, Naomi was balancing on one leg, to try on her dad's slippers - on top of her own shoes. It was not easy to keep a straight face!
Today we're vegging out. And Tomorrow we get on the plane to Manchester to visit familie in England. Eventhough there's many people to see, there'll be time to relax and go for a walk in Sutton Park. It'll be great. And we're very glad that this year we have the oppertunity to celebrate Christmas in both Danish and English!

Tænkte at jeg ligeville vise jer noget af det, der gør mig glad for mit arbejde: Gospelkoret Joy & Comfort. Det er et kor, som holder til i menigheden i Vejle, og som jeg er en del af. Billederne her er fra en støtekoncert for Amnesty International i november.

Det var en rigtig god aften. Vi holder jævnt tit gospelgudstjenester i menigheden hvor koret synger, men at synge en times koncert er noget helt andet - man bli'r helt høj af det. Det særlige ved den her koncert var bl.a. at to nye solister sang, og at vore lille ny gospelkor for børn på 9-15 år sang en rigtig koncert for første gang - og gjorde det godt! // Thought I'd show you one of the things that make me happy about my work: Joy & Comfort, a gospel choir. The choir practices in the church where I work, and I take part in it every week. The pictures is from a concert we did in support of Amnesty International. About once a month we have a gospel service (sounds ironic, I know - shouldn't each Sunday be a Gospel service, but you know what I mean). Yet giving an hour long concert is something else entirely! The really great things about this particular evening was that two "new" people gave solos, and that our new choir for children 9-15 sang for the first time, and did great!