Saltiness

Stephen spoke this morning from Colossians 4:2-6, a sermon partly inspired by a sign at work saying ‘cut back on salt’! These verses talk about our prayer life and how this leads us to make the most of every opportunity, including living lives that are...

Embellishment

Last week we bought some new bedding. It’s a long time since I did this and I was a little surprised to find how much styles have changed, since I had assumed that sheets and pillowcases and quilt covers are all basically the same: functional items that serve a...

Burning in my soul

It’s been a good year for CDs for me this year so far! I am finding that songs written in all kinds of places at all different times are echoing what God is doing in me: stirring, causing faith to rise, stoking a burning in my soul.I received the latest Passion...

Who we are

The GCSE art students at school were discussing their work yesterday and I discovered that their first ‘theme’ had been ‘Identity’. They had to come up with original artwork on that theme, looking at the question of identity from whatever...

Wonder

I read a quote today; sadly, I can’t find out who first said this, but I agree with the sentiment: “When wonder is dead, the soul becomes a dry bone.” Since dry bones have been featuring so much in the blog posts this month, that quote caught my...