Mostyn32
More About Me
My Tagline:
""God is no captious sophister, eager to trip us up whenever we say amiss, but a courteous tutor, ready to amend what, in our weakness or our ignorance, we say ill, and to make the most of what we say aright." - Richard Hooker
My Interests:
Prayer, Meditation, Worship, God, Interfaith issues, Charity, History, Music, Books, Education, Current events, Politics, Art, Environment, Cooking, Family, Theatre, Ballet, Jigsaw puzzles, Cryptic crosswords, Compiling trivia quizzes for an online site.
My Favorite Books, Authors, Musicians, Movies, Preachers, TV shows, etc:
Jane Austen, Marcus Borg, Joan Chittister, Agatha Christie, John Dominic Crossan, Charles Dickens, John Donne, George Herbert, Georgette Heyer, Richard Hooker, P.D. James, Madeleine L'Engle, Henri Nouwen, Kathleen Norris, Ruth Rendell, Dylan Thomas, William Shakespeare, Jean Vanier
Who Inspires Me:
St. Francis of Assisi, St. Teresa of Avila, Stephen Lewis, Desmond Tutu, Jean Vanier
My organizations and affiliations:
Associate of Sisters of St. John the Divine, EFM, Integrity, lay reader, volunteer with local food bank
My favorite spiritual activities:
Lectio Divina (daily), Friday morning Bible Study group, Sunday worship
Who I'm praying for:
Anyone who needs prayer
What is your current spiritual mood?:
Hopeful
What's your spiritual type?:
Questioning Believer - I have doubts about the particulars but not the Big Stuff.
About Me
I'm a lifelong Anglican and I believe that human beings have been reconciled to God in the saving act of Jesus Christ, in his passion, crucifixion, death and resurrection. I believe that I am a work in progress, that I have a part to play in building the kingdom of God, and that I can do that by being loving, compassionate, just and nurturing. I believe that God is in and through all things. I find that the more I learn about my faith, the more there is to learn.
My life is in flux at the moment. My beloved husband of almost 46 years died in June 2007 (we would have celebrated our anniversary in August 2007) and I am still coming to terms with widowhood. So far it's five steps forward and one step back, and I thank God for the support of loving family, friends and my faith community. I also retired from teaching in 2007, hit the biblical span of threescore and ten, and two of my three cats died, so it's been a year of stress in more ways than one! I now live alone with my cat Chelsea.
I am a Marriage Commissioner for the Province of Manitoba and conduct between five and ten weddings a year - both heterosexual and homosexual couples. Since June 2007 I have been a member of the Anglican Church of Canada's Faith, Worship and Ministry Commission and serve on the Sexuality and Ethics committee for the Commission.
My Basics
Gender: Female
Occupation: Retired
Relationship Status: Widowed
Faiths:
Christian
Faith Description: Anglican, Church-going, Liberal, Moral, Religious, Seeking, Sinful, Skeptical, Spiritual, TraditionalCommunity, God, Heaven, Jesus Christ, Myself, Power of Love, Prayer, Service, The Golden Rule, Anglican/Episcopal, Christian
Mostyn32's Journal
Use your personal journal to express and explore your spirituality. Create your first post now! Need help getting started? Try our journal tips.
more blogs »My Photos
Audio/Video
Mostyn32's Friends
Friends: 20
My Groups
Feeds
Guest Book
