Lately, it has felt like summer. I’ve been learning to drive the tractor, putting up tents and eating outside. At school, where I work, goodbye cards are being made, displays taken down, games being played and films being watched. It’s a new season, and it’s good, but with it comes more change for me as…
Category: Reflections
The unfolding of his word…
I’m writing a book at the moment – a sort of journal about what the Bible means to me and how God uses it to encourage and help me. Today I wrote a little chapter about a Psalm I’ve been reading, and I thought I’d share it on here too 🙂 Psalm 119 ‘The unfolding of your word…
Life is good
Last weekend, it was our 6th wedding anniversary. On Saturday, we drove down to Padstow, to go out on a little rig to watch the seals and sea birds. It was so much fun going out on the water skimming across the waves in pretty big swell at times, and then stopping in the shelter of…
Life to the full
Do you ever get the feeling that life is passing you by, or zipping along far too quickly? In many ways, our lives are ‘like flowers, here today, gone tomorrow’ or ‘a morning mist’, done and spent in the blink of an eye. Many people would say that to confront this brevity we are faced…
Wild June
The other day, I stumbled across this Wildlife Trust campaign to get people outdoors this June. They’re calling it 30 Days Wild, and the idea is that you get outdoors every day in June and do something ‘wild’. I’ll be honest some of their ‘wild’ ideas seem a bit tame, but I love the principle…
Fashion on the Ration: An Exhibition at the Imperial War Museum
When I saw this exhibition listed on Braintree’s Bthoughtful blog I jumped at the chance to get along to it. I am so interested in the World Wars and how they influenced culture and ways of life, and I’m a big believer in re-finding the kinds of sustainable, resourceful and creative approaches to fashion that surfaced in that…
Brave Hope
Do you remember when I wrote about my New Year’s Resolutions? One of the most heartfelt was ‘to keep hopeful’. It has struck me time and time again lately that to hope is to be brave. Applying for jobs, trying for a baby, making a new friend, going on a date, attempting to make amends…
It’s been a while…
It’s been a while since I last posted, hasn’t it? I’ve been busy applying for jobs, going to interviews and trying to keep standing up straight in between! There are lots of half written post drafts on my dashboard and plenty of ideas rolling around in my head, and it’s half term this week so…
4 Myths about Fair Trade
If you know me well, you’ll know that I’ve got a bit of a bee in my bonnet about shopping ethically. I am a big fan of the Fair Trade movement, which aims to make sure that growers and producers in the developing world get fair pay and humane treatment for the products we clamour…
High, Low and Interesting
I get Ruth Soukup‘s weekly emails, and this week she shared about a game she plays with her family, which involves them all sharing a high, a low and something interesting from their day. It was good to hear a different way of taking time to soak in the gift that each day is, so…
Why I Go to Church
My new post series explores why people are passionate about the things they love and what makes them tick. You may have read my sister Jo’s post about why she loves to dance (and if you didn’t, check it out, because it’s a thought-provoking read!), and soon I’ll be sharing other people’s contributions too, on…
Happy Easter
Have you heard the Easter story lately? It is a rich and beautiful one. Imagine if it had happened today… Mary got up after a sleepless night to go to her late friend’s newly dug grave. The morning was quiet and still, unobtrusive. She took flowers as a sign of her love for him, and, against the backdrop…
Life Lived 