I thought it was time for another ‘Small Things’ post – my occasional lists of bits and pieces that I’ve been enjoying over the week. So here it is – another list of ‘small things’: To listen: Rizzle Kicks’ cover of Lana Del Rey’s Summertime Sadness in Radio 1’s Live Lounge. Unexpectedly good 🙂 It…
A Novel and a Reality
I’m reading a novel at the moment – The Postmistress by Sarah Blake. It is a beautiful, thought-provoking, gripping read. And it is really speaking to me. The Postmistress is set during World War 2. The main character is brave American journalist, Frankie Bard. She is desperate to get the truth about the horrors of…
Some great quotes I’ve read this week…
I’ve been doing a lot of reading this week and I thought it would be good to post some of the quotes that have made me think 🙂 1. I read these on a Christian Aid appeal email. They are stark reminders of the suffering of our Syrian brothers and sisters: ‘If you help us,…
Stepping Up 5
Ever feel like giving up? Feel like though you believe in what you are doing, it is just too hard? I feel like this most days! Don’t get me wrong, there are a lot of great things in my job and life, but there are also daily challenges. Things like tensions between co-workers, others not…
Job in Pictures – Getting ready for the New Term
A day late, here is this week’s ‘Job in Pictures’ post. As you’ll see, I’ve been getting ready for a new term of clubs, assemblies and services… Yey for a tidy cupboard! Yey for COOKIES…
My Job in Pictures 3
So this week I have three sweet little pictures 🙂 On Saturday I organised a Gardening Session and Cream Tea for families. The only problem was, it was tipping it down! No children turned up to brave the torrents but the four of us who had arrived to help decided to head out anyway. We…
Some more ‘small things’
I like to mix my more ‘philosophical’ ramblings with lighter posts about the little things in life that make our days all the more enjoyable. Doing these posts is great because it always helps me to find thankfulness, even when I have been low or had a hard week. This week I hope there is…
My Job in Pictures 2
So this is my second ‘My Job in Pictures’ post. It was hard to choose this week but here are my final three! 1. Some of the younger children enjoying our day out to Clivedon National Trust site 🙂 I had so much fun playing with them and being with them as they made ‘collections’,…
Inner Peace Award
Thank you Marlyn for nominating me for the Inner Peace Award 🙂 http://kintal.wordpress.com/2013/08/16/inner-peace-award/ If you like colourful art work and quirky poetry, her blog is well worth a look, As I am relatively new to blogging, I don’t have loads of nominees but here are a few: http://www.nishaantishu.com/ – means ‘to be in love with one’s life’. Beautiful…
Stepping Up 4
I’ve been carrying on looking at the Pilgrim Psalms using Beth Moore’s ‘Stepping Up’ and here are this week’s thoughts… So I read Psalm 127 and 128 this week, and to be honest they initially really annoyed me. They seemed to imply that you are only blessed by God if you have children, which really…
My Job in Pictures 1
I love my job. It’s exhausting and busy and limits my social life, but I still love it! I work with children and youth and their families, for a church, so every day is different and there are always challenges and always rewards 🙂 I figured it might be interesting to do a new little…
