A typhoon hits, flood waters rise, crops are destroyed, the roads are blocked by trees, your house is flattened and dead bodies float. No aid can reach you, no money can help you, no interest […]
Author: Rachel
cop26, GLAS-NO
All the right words have already been said. For two years we have known that COP26, the UN climate change conference, will be hosted in the UK. These annual international conferences have been happening for […]
My bargains with climate grief
There’s a distinct nausea which is becoming a more frequent occurrence when I see a headline on climate change. I now actively decline reading anything overly familiar to avoid how numb it will make me […]
Offsets are not a solution
For some time now, I’ve been uneasy about offsetting, but unable to fully articulate why. I suspect this is an unease I share with many other people too, but it’s difficult to voice when others […]
Another year – glebe rd
Cultivate love, pursue integrity, practice gratitude, live courageously, commemorate properly. 5 years of reflections at the end of a year, and a half-decade of this blog; yet every year I find myself surprised by what […]
On belonging
“I go to some meetings and think ‘Thank goodness, there are many rooms in my Father’s house, because I don’t want to share’” I have taken to referring to the church as both my greatest […]
Relearning the sacred
“The church’s contribution has to consist… in its showing forth of a different myth – the truth of creation’s relation with the Creator and especially the role of human work and thought within that. This […]
A bit of Holy Folly
A lot of my work this year is geared towards COP26, the UN climate negotiations being held in Glasgow in November. The pathways to meet the stated international ambition within the Paris Agreement mean that […]
100 Lessons for life
A bewildering third lockdown of continued working from home and separation from friends seemed reason enough to compile a list of things which I find anchoring and helpful as I navigate this life of ours. […]
Thoughts on 2020
This is my fifth (!) end of year post. As is now customary, this year has once again included a house move, and I find myself once again amazed and bewildered by how much can […]
Behold, a new thing
One of the things which has been mentioned to me often by a particular generation of Christians, is an action which happened as part of the Jubilee 2000 campaign, in which people formed a physical […]
2020: the year that wasn’t
When news came that Sheffield was entering into tier 3, nearly a month ago, I really struggled. I’ve been treating this year as a ‘blip’, a crisis to come back from, believing an end has […]
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