"Peace on earth, goodwill to men" I don't know what your year has held. Perhaps like mine it has had its hard days amongst the good. But as we during these final few days of Advent look towards Christmas we get to celebrate that amongst the messy, the hard and the difficult, God is with us.… Continue reading Emmanuel – {Advent}
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Travellers – {Advent}
When the angels had left them and gone into heaven, the shepherds said to one another, “Let’s go to Bethlehem and see this thing that has happened, which the Lord has told us about.” (Luke 2:15) If there is one thing that has struck me afresh this year with Christmas, it is that it is a… Continue reading Travellers – {Advent}
Breath of Heaven – {Advent}
Life is busy and often all go. But several times a day, I have an "enforced" rest. A time when I sit, holding my little baby in my arms for his bottle. It is in these precious times that we will look into each other's eyes. I'll whisper words of love to him, share dreams and hopes. It's… Continue reading Breath of Heaven – {Advent}
Untrue
“Is everything sad going to come untrue?” (Sam Gamgee to Gandalf, The Lord of the Rings) “[Some mortals] say of some temporal suffering, “No future bliss can make up for it,” not knowing that Heaven, once attained, will work backwards and turn even that agony into a glory.” (C.S. Lewis) There are words that do… Continue reading Untrue
Paper Tigers
"The fears are paper tigers" (Amelia Earhart) Fear in the right situations is good and provides us with a healthy caution. But more often it just produces undue stress and anxiety. It will often start as a mere thought that then creates emotions that then impact our decisions and actions. Fear is a weapon of the enemy.… Continue reading Paper Tigers
Unfathomable
"Our hearts will take us where our heads can't fit." (Bill Johnson) My nine year old is studying space at school. He has us outside most nights pointing to the various constellations and planets that he can now recognise. With it has come a plethora of questions. Questions of Galaxies and Universes. Imaginations of what… Continue reading Unfathomable
And all shall be well…
"And all shall be well, and all shall be well, and all manner of things shall be well." (St Julian of Norwich ca. 1342 - 1416)
Stepping Out
I'm not particularly gifted in hospitality. Actually the word "particularly" is probably superfluous to that statement! I once famously kept a friend of my flatmate's on our doorstep for over an hour before it dawned on my that maybe I should invite the poor guy in. And maybe when I did I should have offered him… Continue reading Stepping Out
Behind the Stone Wall
The roads were busy. Road works seemingly everywhere. Everything just felt busy. People driving to work, to appointments, to coffee, to wherever. My to do list felt as long as the traffic queued in front of me. The city was alive, on the go, and yes busy. Yet in a central suburb is an oasis,… Continue reading Behind the Stone Wall
I hope…
"I hope you rise up with strength, empowered to bring God-wonder wherever you go." (Lisa Bevere)
Blue Skies & Lollipops 