A handful of hope
This post is bringing you a little round-up of the things that have inspired me this past week, the things that reassure me that there is good in the world still. I’m about to head off to Burkina Faso...
View ArticleThe women who have inspired me most
Recently I was asked by the Sophia Network to write about the women who have most inspired me in my life. I didn’t have to look very far… Two months ago my niece was born, the first of the next...
View ArticleIncognito
I have joined a new virtual (theological) book club called Transit Lounge and so once a month I will be sharing a post in response to that month’s book. It’s not a book review but more a collection of...
View ArticleIf your soul needs more poetry
This week I saw Sarah Bessey had tweeted “We need more theologians with a poet’s soul, I think. A little imagination when talking about God never hurts.” And I thought, ‘Yes!’. And then how I wished...
View ArticleOn never being enough
I was thinking that today I would write about growing things on our balcony, and our local garden farm where I took a free course last year. But the truth is our balcony is in chaos. There are more...
View ArticleSilence in the city
Life in the inner-city stresses me out. For all my good intentions, the pace and the mania and the over-stimulation just get to me. Plus the crazy cost of living. I get why people leave. Our corner...
View ArticleOn reading things we agree with
More than a decade ago, I heard the brilliant Jim McNeish speak at a student conference. He probably said a whole host of important, wise things (he has a gift for it) but the thing I remember was...
View ArticleTen things I have learnt from Lulastic
If you’ve spent much time here you’ll know by now that I am a big groupie of Lulastic who blogs about thrifty living, justice, parenting and embracing your inner hippy. As well as being an excellent...
View ArticleWhen the world gets smaller
This past week I’ve been submerged once again in the story of Mario, a friend I made in Guatemala at the end of last year. He’s a fun guy who had a crazy dream about coconuts which changed his life...
View ArticleDancing through September
I love this time of year, when August gives way to September. It’s partly the geek in me. I seriously loved school, loved going back to new timetables and new pencil cases. Maybe I loved that...
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