Am I practising peace? No. Not really. The closest I get to practising peace is getting out into the garden and stopping when I hear the twittering of wrens nearby; trying to spot their plump little chests and bodies as they dart merrily about. Is it something that I aspire to practise or is it…
Right now my garden is full, mostly of grass but with a delightful selection of grey green shoots popping up in clumps. My hope is that these shoots are daffodils but I cannot be certain. They may be the pungent jonquils renowned for being overpowering and headache inducing for some. Or they may be what…
Redefined. I’ve ruminated on this word for a while now; and it’s funny how you never really take notice of a word (especially the common ones) until you take notice of the word – the Baader-Meinhof phenomenon if you may. Because the more I’ve sat with this word, the more I’ve seen its prints interlaced…
Violence doesn’t always look like what we see in movies or crime shows. It doesn’t only happen in alleyways or bad neighbourhoods. Sometimes it happens in homes, in schools or even at church. And sometimes it happens to people we know and love. That’s what the enditnow movement is about. It’s a global push—started by…
All I knew was: I had to survive two mountains, keep a bunch of energetic Pathfinders alive and not get us lost. What I didn’t know was that God had secretly scheduled a full emotional rebranding for me somewhere between the base of Mt Trio and the summit of Mt Toolbrunup. Lets start with Mt…
There is a hole where there ought to be curved flesh. I ache and quiver from pain, but also from something deeper. This is not me. I don’t like this. I don’t want to look at it. At myself. Surgery only days before. Doctors talking about me, through me. When I asked for pain relief,…
How would you react if the next iPhone came out with a pair of devices? If you buy the phone, you automatically get both. Sounds good, right? But what if these two devices ran on two different operating systems that were hard to sync. Well, I guess you could just use one and chuck the…
In the womb God made you He designed each body part And watched as you grew He started the first beat of your heart God gave you breath and life He made you special in His sight In this world you will face strife So hold on to Him very tight You see,…
The season of life that I am currently in, involves a mole hill of laundry and a mountain of relaxed times that feel loving. No wait.. Ah! my brain.. The other way around! If I find a moment to tentatively sit down, the silent alarms are activated and within nanoseconds someone furry or otherwise is…
Waiting can be so painful. Crushing. The weight of hopes not yet met can be leaden. It can feel as if you have no autonomy over your life and nothing will ever change. It can feel as if without what you are waiting for, life halts and ceases to progress. Waiting or rather the…