Wonderings about Christmas
By: FR HAYNES HUBBARD The only thing we know is that Christmas won’t be like it is in Canada. There, when we go and get the tree, it is always
A pilgrimage of churches
By: MARGARET BROWN margaret@portugalresident.com HAVING JUST returned from a rural odyssey covering an area south from Monsaraz and never far from the Spanish border to visit old churches, we concluded
Annoyed and embarrassed
By: FR HAYNES HUBBARD Annoyed and embarrassed We have been in Portugal six months now and I have just returned from the post office with my baby son Caspian, where
Family oriented church
By: MARGARET BROWN Attending Church was a chore from childhood up. To sit among a congregation of stony faced grown-ups who knew all the right responses and ‘tut tutted’ if
Kingdom of freedom
By: Fr. HAYNES HUBBARD Sebastian, our 10-year-old, loves his Lego. He loves to spread it all over the floor in his bedroom, where it makes a very tempting target indeed
Festival of All Saints
By: MARGARET BROWN ALTHOUGH THE festival of All Saints falls on November 1, in the Anglican Church it is celebrated on the nearest Sunday after that date to honour all
Guardian angels
By: MARGARET BROWN Calling myself a Christian covered a multitude of sins. It was convenient when signing up to join the Forces or undergoing surgery and just meant putting pen
Persevering through barriers
By: Father Haynes Hubbard OUR DAUGHTER, Gabriella, is eight years old and started at the local Portuguese school five weeks ago. A conversation recently moved me considerably. I asked: “How
The image of God
By: MARGARET BROWN TO WORSHIP the invisible Christ, to believe in he who can neither be seen nor heard, and then to deposit our troubles at his feet must surely
Beginning to pray
By: MARGARET BROWN margaret@portugalresident.com Anthony Bloom, in his book Beginning to Pray, categorises three broad approaches to God: spontaneous prayer straight from the heart, regular prayers of faith and lastly,