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 […]
Tag: change
Prophets of a future not our own
It helps, now and then, to step back and take a long view.The Kingdom is not only beyond our efforts,it is even beyond our vision. We accomplish in our lifetime only a tiny fraction of […]
they didn’t tell me about the grey
Bad poetry seems to be the order of the week friends (sorry). A continuing theme of the last few years has been realising life’s indeterminacy and navigating personal disappointments – both my own and those […]
“If you keep doing what you’re doing,
…you’ll keep getting what you’re getting”
Opinion: seeing the Greta tweets differently
I remember a friend back in sixth form declaring to a chorus of outrage that she didn’t get why Malala was getting so much attention – she had just managed to do the right thing […]
Lent Reflections
I stand outside the barred church doors/ hammering with my fists/ while around me/ the world dies.
A problem: We are building the world together
The puzzle of 7.7 billion brake pedals and 7.7 billion accelerator pedals – anyone got any answers?
power, goodness &”changing the world”
How often do we pursue change because what we actually seek is power?
This week in thoughts
This week I have enjoyed the autumn light as I cycle back from work, had the joy of seeing Siân in Coventry, and have been trying to find my feet in the midst of change. […]
Simple, not easy
I am now a Londoner. Of sorts ( – the week-old kind). I already feel at home thanks to lodging in a house where there are lots of people drifting in and out, and where […]
Reflections on Change
On living in season, changing, goodbyes, and the end of relationships.
Day by Day
Christianity is all about life and death. It is the way to life and the victory over death.And so it is that I have put here some photos of my ‘ordinary’, of my day by day, through which I find and see the extraordinary: the way to life and the victory over death.
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