I closed the door and walked out, disillusioned and hurt. I was a “victim” of some kind of abuse who had had enough and finally left. As I left I didn’t know where I was going or what to do I just knew I had to get out. I was 20 years old at the [...]
Today is the start of Advent. The Church of England is encouraging people to do advent through a “Ready Steady Slow” site. Seems a bit cheesy to be honest, but also potentially useful. I know at times I do need to slow down as well as have a kick up the arse to be a [...]
Music, good music, timed perfectly and delivered by the right person can occassionally have an incredible impact upon you – almost involuntarily producing an emotional response. That happened to me last night when I went to see Martyn Joseph at the Sage.
I have to say I regarded most of it as a bit of [...]
Ok, so Sunday sees the end of an era with the last Delirious concert, when they play Hammersmith Apollo. As part of the end of the road type stuff Christianity Today, the US evoish mag, has an interview with Martin Smith. The article, through two questions asked, gives an insight into how the US religious [...]
Rosamundi has given me a “Gorgeous Award.” V. kind of her, must be one of those acts of charity she is required to do
I have been requested to list six things relating to myself that are generally unknown, and mention six blogs or bloggers I consider gorgeous.
I’ve been blogging since October 2004. As [...]
I remember when I was an undergrad and people came to the CU talking about going on mission, I always sighed very hard. I was married, and then married and pregnant and then married with a child….it was impossible for me to go on mission. Then when I was older and in a church where [...]
Yesterday was one of those rare days in church, or anywhere else for that matter. One of those days when you meet somebody truly inspirational who is humble and oozes integrity and has actually influenced real change rather than just talking about it. This guy was Inderjit Bhogal, who is according to his website an [...]
Ok, so anybody who knows me or reads this blog regularly will know that I am a Christian and a feminist. To a certain extent both are words which you don’t use in polite society anymore but hey Christian is the central label I choose to own and being a feminist flows from that. Having [...]
Back when I was very young Janet and John were alongside Dick and Dora and Peter and Jane. In the early 70’s Carry On films were also popular and the The Life of Brian was yet to become controversial, made in 1979.
Yesterday these memories came flooding back in a mix of innuendo and good hearted [...]