So I’ve been re-thinking my prayer time recently… Having been ill I had stopped getting up early to pray, which has meant that with alarming regularity my morning prayer time goes…
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Ok, so as Christians I think sometimes we get a bit ‘het up’ about when God is talking to us and when he isn’t. It’s very easy to see ‘God-incidences’ in…
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Last weekend I was asked to share some testimony at a joint churches service on Easter Sunday evening. The subject was ‘how do we know Jesus is alive today’ – the…
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I love the school hols as for the first time (since not working) I can actually enjoy spending time with the kids in the hols rather than stressing about childcare. But…
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I’ve been inspired recently by a number of books/reports/conversations about the future of the church. In particular I just finshed the CofE Report from a few years ago ‘Mission-Shaped Church’. I…
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Recently I’ve been thinking about heaven. It’s a word often used lightly: ‘this ice cream is just heaven’, a good holiday retreat is ‘heavenly’, even Belinda Carlise sang ‘ooh heaven is…
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I’ve had a lovely few days enjoying the sunshine and the start of the Easter hols with my kids. And after ‘the disappointment’ from last week I’ve taken a few days…
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So… I’m onto section F of the Selection Criteria for the Church of England: Leadership & Collaboration. I thought this would be a category I would fly through. I have had…
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Whilst sorting through the blog I came across this photo which I was going to post ages ago when I finished my grand clear out (both physically and mentally!). I never…
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Can I ask you all something? How does one receive a compliment well? gracefully and yet not puffed up, accepting but not proud? I think this is almost harder for Christians…