Study dilemma

It's been snowing in Cardiff, but it's another warm and sunny day, which makes life feel easier. There were fifteen for the Eucharist at St Andrew's this morning. There was no interest in bible study after the service today. Will there be any for tomorrow's Zoom discussion I wonder? It's hard to generate interest in bible  study and discussion these days. I wonder if it's got anything to do with the ease of available information on line nowadays? If church people have questions on matters of faith they can enquire privately and not have to admit their problems or what they don't know than was the case in times past. 

Yet there are those churches that make a great success of running Alpha courses. Organising one is quite a project requiring commitment from course givers and course takers. It's possible when there's a fair degree of cohesion and communication between church members. Which makes me wonder what the impact of the pandemic has been on this dimension of church life.

I forgot to buy olives yesterday and popped into the Municipal Market on my way back to the house, and bought a large jar of them from the Antequera olive groves. They have a good flavour to them. 

While cooking lunch I put a load of washing through the machine and put it on the rack to dry in the sun on the patio afterwards. It gets sunshine for longer in the day than the clothes line attached to the wall on the shady side of the house. 

I went over the hill and walked down the east side path along the Arroyo Real, then crossed over to the other side and walked up the west side, to the point where the path runs out, and then you have to cross the river bed, dry just now so no problem, to get back on the east side path abd retrace your steps up to the road. At this point there's a large piece of unkempt waste land that runs as far as the new avenue thst runs of the hill top. The area between the Arroyo and the avenue is being turned into a large green space with recreational facilities by the ayuntamiento.

Clare and I chatted on the way back to the house andcafter until supper time. I spent the evening reading my new novel and glimpsed a documentary on telly about excavation in Egypt aimed at finding the tomb of Cleopatra.