I don’t know about you, but life often feels like a mixed bag. One day, everything flows perfectly — like the event I helped with last night. The next, things don’t go quite as smoothly, and that was my experience tonight. I must admit, my first reaction while scrambling to get in control of things,Continue reading “Lent 2025: Gratitude or Grumbling”
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Lent 2025: A Tapestry of Gifts
This evening was a blast. I was involved in a fundraising quiz for work – well, actually, I organised it. And it was absolutely fantastic! There was a real buzz in the air, everyone seemed to have a good time, and it all went without a hitch. But my favourite moment came halfway through. ForContinue reading “Lent 2025: A Tapestry of Gifts”
Lent 2025: Practice the Pause
Phew! Reached the end of day! It feels like I packed a lot in. In fact, a lot of days feel like that at the moment. Can you relate? We have a house calendar so we know who is in (and how many to cook for) and there are some weeks that I’m not homeContinue reading “Lent 2025: Practice the Pause”
Lent 2025: Honest as the Night Sky
Lent 2025 starts today, and with it a period of reflection. This year I’m trying something new: combining scripture and the outdoors for some reflective, prayerful walks. My plan is to do at least two a week. Today I started with Psalm 51. If you aren’t familiar with this one, it’s a psalm of repentance.Continue reading “Lent 2025: Honest as the Night Sky”
In the silence
It’s Easter Saturday, the day between Jesus’ crucifixion and Jesus’ rising. I have a number of friends who have already put up their colourful Easter wreaths, who have already started wishing others “Happy Easter”, even my t-shirt says ‘Spoiler alert! The tomb was empty!’ None of these are bad things – we live in aContinue reading “In the silence”
2024 40 days of lent: day 11 – Follow the instructions
Aware I have 2 day’s musings to write up, I am nonetheless pushing forward to write today’s musings. They are musings triggered by a sermon I heard yesterday. Well, part of it. I was visiting friends and we went to their church, so the voice at the front was new to me. They started withContinue reading “2024 40 days of lent: day 11 – Follow the instructions”
2024 40 days of lent: belated day 7 – Mind the gap
I had an unusual week which just left me without time to write a blog post on a couple of days, although I did draft the idea. This one was a reminder in a book I had been reading called ‘God is closer than you think’ by John Ortberg, one of my favourite theological writers.Continue reading “2024 40 days of lent: belated day 7 – Mind the gap”
2024 40 days of lent: day 8 – Car Crash
On my way to rehearsal this evening, someone drove into the back of me. Coming up to a roundabout, the car in front of me stopped to let a pedestrian cross, I had time to stop but the car behind me didn’t. The noise was the worst bit, but no one was hurt, the carContinue reading “2024 40 days of lent: day 8 – Car Crash”
2024 40 days of lent: day 6 – New every morning
The other morning I was up early. I’m not usually a morning person, but on this particular morning I was up and active early (and slightly tired). And I got the opportunity to see the sky change from dark to slightly grey and then a glorious sun rise. It was beautiful and breathtaking – cloudsContinue reading “2024 40 days of lent: day 6 – New every morning”
2024 40 days of lent: day 5 – For God so loved the world…
John 3:16 is one of the most well known and frequently quoted bible verses (in my experience, I haven’t done a detailed study!) It says, ‘God so loved the world that he sent his only Son that whoever believes in him shall not perish but have everlasting life.’ It is a good Bible verse, especiallyContinue reading “2024 40 days of lent: day 5 – For God so loved the world…”
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