The day has finally come… Tomorrow we baptise three lovely ladies, one of whom God brought to a serious commitment of faith at a hen party(!), another of whom has walked with us for two and a half years whilst working out what a life commitment might mean for her, and the last of whom … Continue reading »
This is the first post in a series of four which I wrote a while ago but didn’t want to post at the time. I’m not in the same place today that I was then; as a result, I’m tempted to edit the writing to soften or finesse it, but I’ve chosen not to! Though … Continue reading »
How is this for an arresting question? How do you stay attentive to the Spirit when you are immersed in radical, discontinuous change all your life? It comes from Roxburgh’s The Sky is Falling and is a question which was asked of Roxburgh by two leaders in their thirties. The point these leaders were trying to … Continue reading »
I saw this a while ago; I can’t credit it because I don’t know what the original source is. But I had to post it – it is basically me to a tee, though you’ll be pleased to know that I am a socialised version of an introvert…that is, I can at least pretend not … Continue reading »
A friend who is in youth ministry is leading a session soon with her young people on the topic of wisdom and she asked some of her friends to write a letter to their teenage selves, sharing some of the wisdom they now wish they had known then. My effort appears below, although I suspect … Continue reading »
I’ve done quite a lot of reading and writing this week. Some of you are already thinking that this is hardly worthy of comment given my usual reading rate! But, what with that and not expecting to have time to blog tomorrow now that I can finally spend some time with Peter (who made it … Continue reading »
The week before this was quite a good week for finishing books. I like weeks like that, mostly because it frees up more space on my shelf of half-read books! (For those who like my updates in the book saga, there’s a photo here; as you will see, I’ve put those classy new Argos shelves … Continue reading »
