Category: Blog

  • Why Weakness Matters

    Why Weakness Matters

    What if we were to give all of our material wealth, security and influence up? Or what if it was taken from us? What would our life look like? How would that make us feel? Where do we place our trust? Who do we trust? Can we have it all?…

  • 4 Ways of Dealing with Disappointment

    4 Ways of Dealing with Disappointment

    Writing this post is a little bit of therapy because I am still dealing with disappointment. It is not past tense ‘dealt’ with disappointment. It is a very present tense ordeal of ‘dealing’. Last week saw a big blow to a writing project I had spent a lot of time…

  • 5 of my cancer posts for World Cancer Day 2019

    5 of my cancer posts for World Cancer Day 2019

    It’s been almost a decade since I was diagnosed with Hodgkin Lymphoma. A lot has happened in that time. The fact that I can reflect about the experience and have been in remission for this long is something I am very thankful for. Life is precious. Someone very close to…

  • 5 glimpses of hope in despair

    5 glimpses of hope in despair

    Have you ever had one of those moments in life that could have been lifted from a movie? A couple of days ago I was feeling incredibly low – the worst I had felt in a while – and went for a walk. It had been a pretty grey day…

  • An interview with David Robertson – The Wee Flea

    An interview with David Robertson – The Wee Flea

    Ever since I asked David if he wouldn’t mind helping me answer an atheist on my blog, I have been fascinated with his writing and engagement with others in the public sphere. From being attacked for his views on social media to being banned on Twitter, David is no stranger…

  • Unemployment – a short devotional 7

    Unemployment – a short devotional 7

    I started writing a devotional when I was going through unemployment after university in 2014. It was very challenging for me and I still wrestle with my identity being wrapped up in ‘what I do’ at times. I had only written it for seven days, but thought I would share it…

  • Unemployment – a short devotional 6

    Unemployment – a short devotional 6

    I started writing a devotional when I was going through unemployment after university in 2014. It was very challenging for me and I still wrestle with my identity being wrapped up in ‘what I do’ at times. I had only written it for seven days, but thought I would share it…

  • Unemployment – a short devotional 5

    Unemployment – a short devotional 5

    I started writing a devotional when I was going through unemployment after university in 2014. It was very challenging for me and I still wrestle with my identity being wrapped up in ‘what I do’ at times. I had only written it for seven days, but thought I would share it…

  • Unemployment – a short devotional 4

    I started writing a devotional when I was going through unemployment after university in 2014. It was very challenging for me and I still wrestle with my identity being wrapped up in ‘what I do’ at times. I had only written it for seven days, but thought I would share it…