Rhythms of Grace

Hi friends, (cue Eminem: “guess who’s back, back again”…) I would say I’m back, but I’ve also grown enough this last year to know that I might just disappear off the face of the earth for six months next week – so I make no promises. However, while sitting on the train last week I […]

Okay hi blog xxx It’s been a while.  Lots has changed over the last couple of months. I have moved countries, started a new job, begun moving in new directions, embraced a simpler, less noisy and complicated existence, in constant opposition of the shiny allure of task and work and busyness. But most importantly, my […]

“But Jesus often withdrew to lonely places and prayed” (Luke 5:16) As the world begins to open up again, and solitude is more of a decision than mandated, I have found myself digging deep in realising that this chosen solitude is not only the ideal circumstance of rest, processing, prayer. It is imperative to the […]

As I sit here in a local cafe on a semi-misty, not too cold Wednesday afternoon, I am listening to the conversation behind me. A conversation between what seems to be two old friends – two elderly women. And they are having an all too familiar conversation: evaluating the pros and cons of different churches, […]

Am I childlike? Nope. Life’s too serious. The world is falling apart. Maturity is glorified, joy without warrant is shameful. How dare you look around you with wide-eyed wonder when every expectation will continuously be trampled upon?  Insert “Bubowwwww” air horn noise – no. Sorry kids (yeah does that make you uncomfortable?), you’re wrong.  This […]