When I’m not writing this blog, baking cakes or fawning over ducks, I also run a community choir. It’s an informal group who enjoy singing together. We welcome anyone that would like to be part of the choir, no prior experience needed. We don’t audition people, we aim to accept people as they are andContinue reading “40 day challenge day 33: The Power of Belonging”
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40 day challenge day 32: Writers block
Have you ever put so much pressure on yourself that what you do can never be good enough? Have you ever set the expectation bar so high that you set yourself up for failure? Have you ever set perfection as the goal, to the extent that its easier not to even start because your scaredContinue reading “40 day challenge day 32: Writers block”
40 day challenge day 31: Be more Barnabus
You can tell something about a person by their favourite characters. Whether that’s their favourite character from a book or a film, or a real person they admire, there’s often something about that character that is similar to the person themselves, a quality that they share or a value they both hold. I once didContinue reading “40 day challenge day 31: Be more Barnabus”
40 day challenge day 30: Timothy
There are a number of letters written by Paul (and others) in the bible. Some are written to whole cities/churches, and others are written to individuals. I want to take a quick look at one written to Timothy, a young man that Paul was imparting advice to so that he could lead with confidence andContinue reading “40 day challenge day 30: Timothy”
40 day challenge Sunday bonus
Sundays mean a short post. This one is very short, but will lead to something longer in the next few days. Maybe have a think about who you are and what gifts you carry, and whether you use them or not.
40 day challenge day 29: Faith over Fear
A friend once gave me a picture. I love it and have it somewhere I can see it often. It has a mouse floating on a dandelion seed and says ‘let your faith be bigger than your fear’. Part of what I love about it is that it doesn’t say ‘don’t be afraid’ which isContinue reading “40 day challenge day 29: Faith over Fear”
40 day challenge day 28: Pick yourself up, dust yourself off, start all over again
Another musical one! I enjoy watching older films. I used to watch them al lot with my grandparents. I love ‘Singin in the Rain’, but I have a soft spot for anything starring Fred Astaire. The films are simple, feel good films, the music is catchy and the dancing is just so effortless. There’s oneContinue reading “40 day challenge day 28: Pick yourself up, dust yourself off, start all over again”
40 day challenge day 27: A job well done
I painted a labyrinth this week… We are setting up some interactive prayer stations, and one of those stations is a labyrinth. For those who are interested, a labyrinth is different from a maze because there is only one path that takes you to the centre, no dead ends. Its an inevitable journey with onlyContinue reading “40 day challenge day 27: A job well done”
40 day challenge day 26: Reunion of the heart
During the 2020 lockdown, the place where I worked had a Zoom social with the theme of wearing something from our favourite band/artist. I didn’t have a lot of those. Strike that, I had one I could wear. And so it became a bit of a running joke that I, the youngest in the office,Continue reading “40 day challenge day 26: Reunion of the heart”
40 day challenge day 25: True humility
What comes to mind when you think of humility? It’s the opposite of pride, right? Except its also the opposite of self doubt. Humility is acknowledgement of our weaknesses and our strengths. It is holding the balance between leading and serving. It is being only human and wonderfully human at the same time. It isContinue reading “40 day challenge day 25: True humility”
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