I like this a lot, as a start to my week: it’s 9am at the time of writing, and I’m curled up in the lovely big armchair by the patio doors in our lovely home, tired but comfortable, allowing myself to wake up slowly with some breakfast and a cup of tea, and the sound of…
Hello. I’m Tom - Heather’s boyfriend: we’ve been locked in my parent’s house together for two months now, having only known each other for nine months when that happened (yes, really!). Heather told me very early on about the I Am Project; I read her book, which she sent me in the post before we even…
A couple of years ago, I wrote a piece called Body Positivit-ish, discussing the great relationship (or massive lack thereof) that I had with my body. That post blew up a bit: it was helpful to a lot of people, and I had so many great conversations around the way that we see our body and…
Today's journal prompt was this: What do I need to hear today? How can I uplift myself? It was a helpful time of thinking and praying and processing for me, and I wandered if this could be helpful for you, too. Written to Speak, a brilliant spoken word poet, writes about kind words - about how some…
Now is the time for Caution. Caution is wise and and firm and smart and tall; she guards and she plans and she waits. Caution does not throw herself to the winds of change, tossed from here to there with the tide. But Caution can be found, always, in her chair by the fire, with clean…
Let's imagine, for a moment, shall we... You're in one of the most important job roles in the country. You've been aware, for the whole of your career, that your every action is being watched, scrutinized, and any inappropriate behavior will have a huge impact on not only you in your role, but the people around…
From day one in the Christian faith, if you're anything like me, you were probably taught about the importance of reading the Bible everyday - of having a plan or a devotional that takes you through the Word and means that you are reading and digesting something from it every day. It's true - it is…
In an extremely Insta-worthy moment this morning, I sat in the car, overlooking the coast on the north-east of England, watching the sun rise over the ocean that stretched out in front of me. It was a moment of reflection: a second to pause, and to take in the glimpse of a new beginning, peeking over…
This blog post began, I suppose, with a beautiful moment that I shared with God at our church on Sunday morning. During our time of sung worship, I found myself kneeling on the floor with God for a little while, opening my heart to Him around some of the things that I had been thinking about…
"Home wasn't a set house, or a single town on a map. It was wherever the people who loved you were, whenever you were together. Not a place but a moment, and then another, building on each other like bricks to create a solid shelter that you take with you for your entire life, wherever you…