[Magdalen] Happy New Year

[James Oppenheimer-Crawford]

It was broadcast over three quarters of a century ago, and yet it is as if
it comes, fresh minted, for our time.

http://ww2today.com/safer-than-a-known-way-king-george-vi-broadcasts-to-the-empire

James W. Oppenheimer-Crawford
*“A life is like a garden. Perfect moments can be had, but not preserved,
except in memory. LLAP**”  -- *Leonard Nimoy

On Thu, Dec 31, 2015 at 6:20 PM, Sally Davies <sally.davies at gmail.com>
wrote:

> A happy and blessed 2016 to all Maddies friends, just past 1am here in
> uncomfortably warm Port Elizabeth. Summer arrived late but it's come in
> style!! The tourists are loving it, those still at work like me, not so
> much.
>
> We're currently watching the round up of fireworks including Sydney
> Harbour, always the best; and - unbelievably - Dubai.
>
> Though we missed the local fiery effort because instead, we went along to
> our friend's Pentecostal church for a rowdy but mostly enjoyable service
> with the focus on God's faithfulness in good times and bad.
>
> And we sang this, from Hillsong's Darlene Zschech:
>
> I gave my heart and all I am
> To the One who loves me most
> We've got love, grace, peace and power
> And joy in the Holy Ghost.
>
> Amen to that!
>
> May 2016 bring new ways to show love, new experiences of God's grace in
> time of need, new depths of peace no matter what happens, and most of all
> amazement and delight when the "springs of living water" really do well up
> in our hearts, no matter how dry we might personally feel at the time.
>
> Sally D
>