“This feels like a fitting testament to my influence on you” So says Kristin, peering over her desk and across…
Thoughts on 2022
We live inside the stories we tell ourselves. Stories help us make sense of the world around us. We form…
God is
God is God is babbling brook, springing forth in winter frost God is child’s laughter, spilling out God is possibility,…
Jesus, Logos & the “Inside Out”
I was once told of a preacher who always started to explain the gospel by talking about angels, because doing…
Chaos and kindness
I will not be quick to forget yanking off the wood under the kitchen cabinets to use as levers for…
Travelling East
At an event I was at over the weekend a man spoke of losing his 13 year old daughter to…
Another year – piano house
When we moved last year, we were working with an assumption that we’d live at piano house for at least…
Lost & Found
In 2009 Jan Souman tracked volunteers using GPS monitors as they attempted to walk in a straight line through the…
5 reasons why learning to roller-skate is like being Christian
With thanks to YouTube, Lidl car park, and a bit of consistency, I’ve successfully learned how to roller skate this…
The psalm is a salt shaker
Psalm The psalm is a salt shaker. Elevates our being, the sorry comic farce of it, Into praise of God.…
“Good Gardening Stuff!”
In church this week, Debbie told us that her Grandma Emily used to exclaim “Good Gar-dening stuff!” in place of…
Ordinary time
I’ve recently been reading ‘The Culture Map’ by Erin Meyer. Where some cultures work with linear time, others work to…