A door of hope in the valley of Achor – from Hosea 2:15 My mother is frequently telling me that it’s amazing what we have stored away in our heads. This is partly because she’s almost 90 and has forgotten that she made the same observation ten minutes earlier. The context of her comment … More Hope in the darkness
“I would rather share one lifetime with you than face all the ages of this world alone.” Arwen; The Lord of the Rings – JRR Tolkien I don’t have many regrets in my life but I do regret sending that letter. The moment I pushed it through the letterbox and heard it flop onto the … More Valentine’s Day Heartbreak
‘Thinking constantly about world domination can give you a little vertigo.’ – Glenn Kelman (CEO Redfin real estate, USA) There’s nothing like a bit of post-Christmas Covid to kick off the new year. Or so I reluctantly discovered. Actually, apart from feeling not dissimilar to road kill, it wasn’t too bad. One thing I’ll say … More World Domination
‘Ring out the old, ring in the new, Ring, happy bells, across the … More New Year; New Dance
As we prepare for another Christmas here in the UK, there seems to be a fairly gloomy cloud of resignation hovering above our heads rather than any suggestion of a heavenly host. This one is significantly more discordant. The Covid restrictions of last year saw plans in tatters for many people, and even more … More ‘Please Santa, can I have some more?’
I am not very good at waiting. I hate to wait, whether that’s in a supermarket queue, for a much anticipated event, for the wheel of doom to stop circling on the computer or for the microwave to ‘ping’. Perhaps it stems from all those futile hours I spent during my secondary school years, waiting … More Advent: waiting patiently
‘Summer will end soon enough, and childhood as well’ – George RR Martin
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‘Don’t just count your years, make your years count’ – George Meredith (English novelist). It’s only natural, during a birthday week, to do a bit of self assessment: successes, regrets (not many at all I’m happy to say), memories, wishes, what ifs… They can all creep up on you with the subtlety of an Exocet … More Happy Birthday?
There is something very chilling about the phrase, ‘life limiting condition’. Setting the parameters of a life, even though it’s barely begun, seems heavy-handed. In a world of toxic positivity where everything is ‘supposed’ to be upbeat, air-brushed, photo-shopped and joy-filled – even if it is curated to fit that flimsy Facebook philosophy for a … More The Power of a Indestructible Life
I found myself holding my breath a couple of weeks ago when the journalist Roman Protasevich was arrested after his Ryanair flight from Athen to Lithuania was diverted to Belarus and escorted to Minsk airport by a fighter jet. There, he and his girlfriend were escorted from the plane and the world had a pretty … More Learning As We Dance
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