fiercely alive — the peculiar adventures of peter and liz

Photo Friday: Big Ben

November 26, 2011

It’s rare that I post more “touristy” art photos, but we were in the area. So, say hello to Big Ben.

Hello, New Favorite Food Thing…

November 23, 2011

In a departure from ministry-related news, we now bring you a slice of Liz-and-Peter-Life-in-London: Lunch! Now that I don’t work in an office nine-to-five, we’re experimenting more with food and healthier eating. And I’ve recently found a new favorite thing: Fresh-baked Pita Chips! They win because they are ridiculously easy to make and ridiculously tasty [...]

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Photo Friday: Walking Home: Autumn in Poplar & Limehouse

November 19, 2011

This week was our church’s annual week of prayer and fasting, and most of the prayer meetings were at the church office building. It’s about a half hour walk from our house, and I was so inspired by the fall colors that I brought a camera one day for the walk home. The churchyard at [...]

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That Dreaded (Sorry, I Mean Delightful) Time of Year…Budgets

November 16, 2011

Every year with InnerCHANGE, we have to sit down and go through our budget—looking at how much we’ve spent, how much we expect to spend, and how much we’ve raised to cover whatever gets spent. As neither Liz or I are particularly fond of numbers or money, this isn’t exactly our favorite task. But nonetheless, [...]

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Photo Friday: Windows on Our World

November 12, 2011

As photographers, it’s easy to get set in a habitual way of taking photos. So it’s always really cool to work on a project where we get to see the vision of others. It’s especially cool if the project is done by kids. For the past month, Peter and I have been assisting with just [...]

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A Weekend of Holidays

November 8, 2011

This past weekend has been full of celebrations! Saturday was Guy Fawkes Night, also called Bonfire Night. This British holiday traditionally celebrates the failure of the Gunpowder Plot to blow up Parliament and King James I in 1605. I’m not sure how many people actually know the history of it; mostly it’s a day to [...]

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The Perils of House Hunting

November 2, 2011

Yesterday, we viewed a nearby flat for sale. As many of you know, we’ve been looking around for a big enough flat to house both us and another couple and their son. This is already a challenge due to far too little housing, poor quality flats that are greatly over-priced, and having a small radius [...]

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Photo Friday: Razor Wire

October 28, 2011

A couple weekends ago, I spent a Saturday photographing Spitalfields during a workshop hosting by London Independent Photography. Spitalfields is an area of Tower Hamlets, including part of Brick Lane, that has become a cultural conglomerate: it has lots of East End heritage, with a history of cultural waves of French, Jews, and Bengalis, yet [...]

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A Close Community, or Popcorn Chicken is Comfort Food

October 25, 2011

This evening, after a few hours working on some photos to prepare for a girls’ exhibit Liz is helping with (more on that in coming weeks), we stopped to grab some dinner at the chicken shop on the corner of our estate. We haven’t been here much, mostly because we avoid fast food in general, [...]

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A Multiplicity of Churches, or Why Choosing a Church is Challenging

October 19, 2011

If you read our monthly newsletters, you know that we’ve been praying about a church to plant ourselves in for a while now. Since we arrived, we’ve spent our Sundays exploring different churches: evaluating (or judging…) the sermons, meeting the pastors and congregation, learning about their purpose and involvement in the community, and so on. [...]