Don’t just do something
Don’t just do something: sit there Lockdown has given some of us the chance to sit there rather than do something. We have had time to reflect, to notice how we …
February 2021
Hope springs…
Hope springs eternal… or so they say. At present many people find it hard to find hope. Even with the road-map for coming out of lockdown there is still an air …
Lent – a time for reflection
Lent is a time for reflection as we prepare to celebrate the death and resurrection of Jesus at Easter. Some people will give up something that means a lot to them, …
Ash Wednesday
Ash Wednesday marks the beginning of Lent. Many people think of Lent as a time for giving up something like chocolate or alcohol. For Christians it is a time of reflection, a …
Living and Loving in lockdown
Lockdown and living in (relative) isolation make it easier to distance myself from others emotionally and spiritually. Whatever you believe or don’t believe you will know that it is easier …
Who do you think you are?
‘Who do you think you are?’ is a popular television programme in which celebrities find out where they come from. There is another aspect to knowing who we are – that …
in times of Change. (Psalm 46)
My friend Janet reminded me of a story about change. It is told by the well-known Christian writer Jennifer Rees Larcombe. As a child she would go to stay with …
He set my feet on a rock
Psalm 40 tells us that the writer waited patiently for the Lord and ‘He lifted me out of the slimy pit, out of the mud and mire; he set my …