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…
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,…
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…
At the start of every year, I choose a word or phrase that becomes my theme for the year, along with a bible text. This year it is THRIVE and the verse is Leviticus 20:24 – “But I have said to you, ‘You shall inherit their land, and I will give it to you to…
As a child, hearing that dreaded word—‘wait’—was like receiving childhood torture. You had no control over it. It usually carried connotations of wasting time, being bored out of my mind, missing out on something I wanted, or missing out on doing anything! However, this inevitable word is a part of life, and I know I’m…
The Word of God has been a powerful influence in my life, and these are a few reasons why. It is constant and does not change. What God said 1000 years ago is still valuable advice today, and I can rely on it to help guide my life. In an age of constant change and…
King Josiah, the young king who took the throne of Judah at a time when Israel had completely turned from God. His predecessors – his father and grandfather – were wicked. 2 Kings 21:9 specifically states that Josiah’s grandfather, Manasseh, did more evil in the sight of the Lord than the pagan nations around him.…