“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,...
Don’t (Just) Tell Me that it’s Going to Be OK: How to Sit with Those that are Hurting.
I had the privilege, early this week, of sitting with a group of people who are all walking through some really difficult things. There was a real sense of burden in the group that night: they were as lovely as ever, but as we chatted I began to see some of the weight that...
Alternative Small Talk.
“Ask me what I remember most about my Granddad. Which coast I always have one foot planted on. Whose hand I can still feel on my palm if I leave it out of a pocket. If my femininity really protects me from only truly being able to cry when I’m on my own. If...
Dad.
For a long time, when I pictured God in my head, I thought of Morgan Freeman in Bruce Almighty – an elderly guy, sat on a cloud, looking down on me and judging the way that I do things. The God in my head sees everything, but that did not feel good: it felt...
Jodie Moss: My Story – Mental Health
We’ve got a treat for you today, friends! Earlier this year we had the opportunity to meet Jodie. This girl is a gem: she became a Christian in October 2018, and this week we read something of her story, when she shared it on her blog – and she’s kindly agreed to let us...
26 Things in 26 Years.
This week I turned twenty-six years old: that makes it ten years since I left school; eight years since I left Basingstoke; seven years since I started university. The past few years have brought s o m u c h growth: I’m becoming more myself every day, and although it’s a painful process at...
Fluffy Socks, Pancakes for Dinner and an Emergency Nandos Card (Adulting for Beginners)
I’m not sure I can deny it any longer. It’s a massive weight, a burden that I just need to get off my chest. I’ve been denying it but it’s always there at the back of my mind; I just can’t get rid of it, and I really need to talk to someone about...
The Contentedness Diaries.
Every now and then, I get a verse stuck in my head: it’ll come up time and time again in a certain season – in sermons that I listen to, in conversations that I have with friends, in the videos that I have on as background noise. Those words will become my heartbeat; the...
Plans.
I really like lists. I have notes saved on my phone of the most important to the most ridiculous lists: films to watch, friends to see, texts to send, songs to listen to. I make a to-do list every day, of the things that I would like to accomplish. I write shopping lists; the...
The Colossians Series: It’s All About Jesus (Col 1.15-28)
It’s the third week in our series on the letter to the Colossians, and today we’re tackling the end of chapter one. Colossians is such a massive book – you could write a sermon on any of the verses – but there is so much packed into the first chapter, that we wanted to...