Category: Starting Out

We all have a past. We all have stuff that we’re ashamed of. Our past is littered with regrets: words we wished we’d never said, decisions we wished we’d never taken. There are some...

The kingdom of heaven is near.  Jesus When Jesus began speaking out about who he was and why he was here, this was his message. He was announcing a new kingdom, different from any...

We ended up chatting about this last night. About where the red hair that pops up in glints in the hair and the beards in our family comes from. About whether we are all...

I bought a fabulous whippet statue recently. It’s shiny and copper coloured. I’d love to invite four of you to come and sit around my kitchen table to stare at this marvellous creation and...

I’m so excited. When the heating clicked on at 5am this morning, my mind was instantly wide awake. My body wasn’t ready to wake up, but my mind was whirring. I was thinking about...

This baby has changed my world. I wouldn’t have believed it was possible. I’d seen the change in those around me who’d become grandparents: my sister, my sister-in-law, my friends. I’d seen the look...

Can you believed that we have arrived at the last book of the Old Testament? What a journey it’s been! I know it’s been a while since my last post. It’s been quite a...

It’s the start of the month of October. Each month has a particular kind of character, doesn’t it? I’ve just returned from an Indian Summer yoga retreat, where the focus was putting the summer...

The next prophet who we have the privilege of looking at is Haggai. His message is specifically for the leaders of Judah – Zerubbabel son of Shealtiel, governor of Judah and a descendant of...

The order of the books of the Bible makes no sense to me. Take the prophets, for example. Why would they not be placed in some even approximate chronological order? Or even better, interspersed...