From the Manse – February 2009

  Oradea - Nagyvárad (Romania) Feb 2009 This wee blog comes from Romania, where we are spending our holiday (only one more day remained).  It was nice to see friends and family.  The kindness and the hospitality are as overwhelming as ever!  We need some serious exercise to lose weight again!  hospitality is still the most dangerous thing in Transylvania.  It was interesting to see how local... [Read More..]

From the Manse – December 2008

Bethlehem - Nativity “You will find a baby wrapped in cloths and lying in a manger.” (Luke 2:12) I was browsing through some Christmas images to use one as an appropriate illustration of the meaning of the occasion. Then I found this by a Hungarian artist Andras Simon. Somebody remarked it is a nice picture, but one hardly can see Jesus in it. He was right, indeed He is hardly visible on it,... [Read More..]