Guest Post on Joy //
This is the next instalment in a year of guest posts on Joy as part of my year of focussing on joy (my word for the year). This month we have an anonymous post but you can find out more at the...
View ArticleNaked Prayers // Book Review
I first came across Mara Measor last year when I was getting into prayer doodling. I loved the simplicity of her drawings, yet expressing something quite deep, so I was delighted to be asked to review...
View ArticleReflecting over boxes…
So, I’m just emerging from the cocoon of life that has been no wifi for over a week. I know, total #FirstWorldProblem but I think we’d all agree that life without the internet is actually quite...
View ArticleOne Year On // Post Op
It’s now just over one year since I suffered a ruptured disk in my back and had surgery to correct it. Recovery is ongoing. They told me it would be at least a year and they were right. It has been so...
View Article‘Still Emily’ book review
I’ve just read ‘Still Emily’ in one sitting, on holiday surrounded by people, and have had to stem the tears pricking my eyes on more than one occasion. Emily’s story touched my heart, not with tears...
View ArticlePreach / / Service of Remembrance / / 4th Dec 2016
Talk from our annual ‘Service of Remembrance’, for those who have lost loved ones, at TRINITY Southover, 4th Dec, based on Psalm 46:1-7 I expect many of you have read or seen the movie of ‘The Lion,...
View ArticleNOURISH // One Word for 2017
This time last year I began a journey seeking ‘joy’ as I chose that as my one word to focus on for the year ahead. It was a really helpful tool rather than choosing New Year’s Resolutions, to just let...
View ArticleBook Review // Songs for Suffering by Simon Stocks
It’s great to be asked to review this book as Simon was my biblical studies tutor at college during my ministerial training. I am a big fan of the Psalms, but I also recognise that they are a bit like...
View ArticleRun with perseverance
A little back update and my first vlog in absolutely ages… apologies for slightly rubbish sound in places, it was windy!
View ArticleA tough morning…
This morning I preached on trials and temptations from James 1. Three times. By the third I just felt like it was so completely insignificant. When I looked out and could pinpoint the people who I know...
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