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  • Hope in a Heatwave

    I love soothing Sunday moments. A quiet time of respite for the soul. This Sunday brought a welcome break from the darkness that I have encountered in the headlines this week. There was a baptism at church and the words spoken by the guy who got baptised moved me deeply.…

  • Letting Go

    Letting Go

    Have you got something in your life that you take ownership of – it’s yours and you can’t imagine giving it away or handing it over? Does the thought of losing something precious to you fill you with dread? How about trying to break a habit that you just can’t…

  • Eight Women Who Encourage Me in the Faith

    Eight Women Who Encourage Me in the Faith

    This post has been written from my heart to acknowledge the many women in my life who have uplifted, encouraged and walked beside me on this journey of life – but not only that, it’s for the women who follow Jesus with me. There are so many women in my…

  • Real Love in the face of hate.

    It’s a mad world. The digital age has made it possible to access news like never before. Sadly, a lot of the news that I digest digitally is bleak. Football hooliganism, the death of YouTube sensation Christina Grimmie, the Orlando shooting at the LGBT nightclub, Westboro Baptist Church spilling out…

  • Writing When It Hurts

    Writing When It Hurts

    Sat at the keyboard, all I want to do is curl up in bed, pull the duvet up over my head and sleep. Before I fall asleep I would probably shed some tears. I cry – a lot. It’s part of me expressing that inward ache of deep sadness. Rather…

  • Rend To Revival

    Rend To Revival

     I woke up to this headline (click to read it): People of no religion outnumber Christians in England and Wales The Church of England are thinking about this: Today we remember brothers John and Charles Wesley, Evangelists and Hymn Writers who are known for leading the Methodist revival (1/3) —…

  • Five Years of Blogging

    Today marks my 5th anniversary of blogging. I have written about all sorts of topics including: Bruce Almighty, becoming a wife, Auschwitz, the homeless,  the Highway Code (or my version of it at least) and so much more – check out the archives on my the right hand side of my home…

  • A Rubbish Story

    On the desk where I do most of my writing, there is a  pink table-top waste bin. It was a gift. Who else has been given a bin as a gift? At face value (and yes, it does have a face) it didn’t look like much. However, this bin is…

  • The Higher Way Code – One Way

    Don’t all roads lead to God? Many people spend their life on the road in search of something. There are many different roads to choose. Each road offers something different – a different way to live, a different destination, different sights along the way. We all get the choice to…