Category Archives: Uncategorized

The Quiet Gift of Jubilee

This week always feels like an odd one to me. Christmas Day has been and gone, and New Year’s Day is not yet here. The busyness and preparation have all paid off, and now there is a pause, a period of in between. For me, it’s a time of reflection. Reflecting on the year thatContinue reading “The Quiet Gift of Jubilee”

Singing Faith, Sharing Hope

I’ve just returned from a week in Taizé, the community of brothers in France who welcome thousands of young people and pilgrims each year. This was my second visit – different from the first, and yet somehow the same. Different people, same God. Different theme, same rhythm. Different worries, same peace. As I journey home,Continue reading “Singing Faith, Sharing Hope”

Lent 2025: Be more donkey

Late-night thoughts after a church meeting… We spent the evening doing lots of detailed work, planning for the future—which has left my brain slightly spinning. But at the very start, my church leader shared a short reflection on the passage he’s speaking on this Sunday: Luke 19:28–40. It’s the story of Jesus riding into JerusalemContinue reading “Lent 2025: Be more donkey”

Lent 2025: Waiting and Preparing

Lent is often described as a season of waiting—a journey towards Easter, filled with reflection, repentance, and preparation. Sometimes, that preparation is deeply spiritual: time spent in prayer, wrestling with faith, or seeking God’s guidance. Other times, it’s practical—getting things ready for what’s to come. Today has been a day of preparation. A quiet one,Continue reading “Lent 2025: Waiting and Preparing”

Word for the year

Happy  New Year! We are now a week into 2025. Have you decided on any resolutions? Have you kept the ones you have made? I don’t make resolutions. Or, I don’t make New Year Resolutions. The pressure to be original and the lack of hope that I will actually stick to them put me off.Continue reading “Word for the year”

Taize: a reflection in Silence and Simplicity

As I write I am watching the sun rise over the hills surrounding this french community (quite a feat for someone not normally a morning person!) I am coming to the end of a week at Taize. For those who don’t know, Taize is a religious community in France, slightly north of Leon. It wasContinue reading “Taize: a reflection in Silence and Simplicity”

2024 40 days of lent: day 1 – Happy Galentine’s

Becoming a helpful tradition for me in lent, 40 days of drawing closer to God through writing. As ever, some will be long and some will be snapshots, but all will be God focused in some way. This year, Ash Wednesday, the first day of lent, has fallen on Valentine’s Day. Me, my housemates andContinue reading “2024 40 days of lent: day 1 – Happy Galentine’s”

Just what I needed to hear…

Have you ever read or heard something that seems to be exactly the right thing for that moment? Maybe a friend (or stranger) has said something you didn’t know you needed to hear, or you’ve read something that has struck a chord somewhere deep inside. Whichever, something that has brought clarity or comfort. That happenedContinue reading “Just what I needed to hear…”

You can’t disappoint God

You can’t disapppoint God. Read that again. Slowly. You. Can’t. Disappoint. God. Some of you reading that will be thinking, “well, duh! That’s obvious! I already knew that!” If that’s you, you don’t need to read the rest of this post. But some of you will be a bit like me and need to takeContinue reading “You can’t disappoint God”