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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...

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The 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...

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Incognito

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...

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If 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...

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On 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...

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Silence 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...

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On 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...

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Ten 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...

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When 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...

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Dancing 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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