Shirley's Spot

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Come on in, have a comfy chair, and let's get acquainted.
There's a slice of apple pie (a la mode?), and a cup of tea just brewed.
I'm a recycled teenager, retired several times over, now gone back to college, and having fun on the Net.

Introductions :

Meet John
More about me
Where we live
Cursillo
Israel
Invitation
Bunch of Good Links for your Spiritual Life
Go to Church this Sunday

Meet John :

John is my husband, recently retired as Team Rector of the High Plains' Team Ministry
Before he entered the ordained ministry he served twenty years with the U.S. Army, and learned German, French, Russian, and Vietnamese.
When he retired from the military we both went to Seminary at TESM (Trinity Episcopal School for Ministry) in Ambridge, PA, and added Greek and Hebrew to our languages.
He composes music, and plays the Organ, Piano, Bassoon, and Contra-Bassoon.
He also plays a mean hand of Bridge.

Links to : TESM | American Contract Bridge League |
Piano Pages : Piano Page | Piano on the Net - Lessons | Piano Parlor |

More about me :

Life has been varied and interesting - I trained as a scientist, taught in several European Universities, then retired to marry John, went to Seminary, worked as a hospital chaplain, went back to College to study music, and am now teaching Greek and Biblical studies at Eastern New Mexico University (ENMU), am a Chaplain at the hospitals in Clovis and Portales, and run an InterNet Consulting Service to help other Churches and non-profit Institutions have a Web Presence.
Interests and hobbies varied with time and place, and have included : horses and riding, ice skating, motor sports (racing, slaloms, and rallies), gardening, sewing, cats, and music.

There's a fuller bio. available for a click.

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Where we live :

We live in Clovis, New Mexico, just 10 miles west of the Texas border. The area is part of the Llano Estacado (the High Plains), a plateau several hundred miles long, at about 4,000 feet above sea level, quite flat and dry. It's mostly rangeland, cattle ranching being one of the main occupations. Clovis itself has tree-lined streets - someone introduced elm trees for shade, and they have seeded themselves like weeds all around the town. Climate is usually hot and dry, but with occasional high winds, thunderstorms, hail, and a bit a snow in winter.

Links to : New Mexico Net | Images of New Mexico | Welcome to New Mexico |
Billy the Kid Outlaw Gang's Home Page | Billy the Kid documents |

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Cursillo :

John and I worked on the Cursillo Teams for the first and second Cursillos in our area. Cursillo is short for "Cursillos de Christianidad" (a short course in Christianity). The original Cursillos took place in Majorca and Spain, in the Roman Catholic Church, and have now spread to other denominations, all over the world. A Cursillo Weekend gives one the experience of living with others in a community, sharing and supporting one another in an atmosphere of joy and caring.

Links to : The Cursillo Page for New Mexico | "What is Cursillo"

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Israel :

John and I have visited Israel many times, and sometimes lead pilgrimages from the U.S.A. to Israel. It is after all our spiritual home, but now it feels like coming home as we travel to the great places of the Bible, and meet up with friends we made on earlier visits.
On our last tour we climbed Mount Simai - riding camels part way, and climbing the rest on foot. I didn't think I was going to make it, the rocks were so big and the mountain so steep, but somehow we did all get to the top in time to see the sun rise.

If you'd like to join a Christian Pilgrimage to the Holy Land, or to Greece or Europe, please contact us at rollinsondr@yahoo.com

Links to : Facts about Israel | Virtual Tour of Jerusalem | The Temple Mount |

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Invitation :

Hear what comfortable words our Saviour Christ saith unto all that truly turn to Him :
 
Come unto Me all that travail and are heavy laden, and I will refresh you. St. Matthew 11:28
 
So God loved the world, that He gave His only-begotten Son, to the end that all that believe in Him should not perish, but have everlasting life. St. John 3:16
 
Hear also what Saint Paul saith :
 
This is a true saying, and worthy of all men to be received, That Christ Jesus came into the world to save sinners. 1 Timothy 1:15
 
Hear also what Saint John saith :
 
If any man sin, we have an Advocate with the Father, Jesus Christ the righteous, and He is the propitiation for our sins. 1 John 2:1

The 1662 Book of Common Prayer

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Links to other sites for Spiritual Development :

The Real Purpose of Life
Steps to Peace with God
The Four Spiritual Laws in Forty Languages
Who is Jesus ?
Suggestions for New Christians
Spiritual Gifts Inventory
The Cross around the world
The Stations of the Cross
The Rosary
The Shroud of Turin
Bible Gateway