Posts about living the Christian life, how God is changing me
“this season is coming to an end” One aspect of discernment I am seeking to grow in is knowing when a season is coming to an end. One aspect of faith I am seeking to grow in is obediently letting that season end. I am coming up to the end of a year, Good Friday is also my 36th birthday! As this month of March … Continue reading The End
As part of a series on creativity in our church. I was asked to speak on using creative writing in worship. I opened with this spoken word. Good morning, today I have been asked to speak on using words creatively to worship. There is so much I want to say which I won’t; so I wanted to start with a context of why I write … Continue reading Faith & Creative Writing
My obsession with words
Came alive with a door
I remember as a child
No older than four
That door
Connecting me to our kitchen
Adorned with postcards
Connecting me to my father’s heart Continue reading A History of My Obsession With Words
Last weekend I had a rare full Saturday with no planned activities and so took myself up to Reculver to sit in a cafe on the seafront and take some time to write. Sitting there with a savoury crepe filling my senses, staring our the ‘square porthole’ to the sea as if someone had pre-styled me an Instagram photo; I began to think about rest. Don’t get … Continue reading #FRIYAY
Do you ever feel part of a grand detective adventure? I have a great love for detective stories and adventures. From the famous Five and Nancey Drew to Midsomer Murders getting me through university revision to the plethora of films and stories that now fill my watchlist and to ‘Vera’, my new found favourite which in the last week I have gorged myself on whilst housesitting. … Continue reading #focusfebruary
I spent the whole of today thinking about finances. Well, when I say thinking I mean first I was checking, then surprised by a bill (in the not so good way), then worrying, then calm came and just now an insta-friend announced a no spend month… and so here I am back thinking about money! Also on my mind has been this half written blog … Continue reading Investment Piece
There are times when our knowledge of what is true and our experiences seem to match up. Then there are times where they don’t, yet we have faith in the unseen. Then days, weeks, months arrive when what we know to be true seems vastly different to the lens we perceive the world through. Sometimes we can battle, other times we feel like lying in the dust. … Continue reading Faithful
