Monthly Archives: April 2009
Facing Grief: part 2
In my last entry I was in a very dark place in my grief. I was peeling back another layer and it was so painful. Finally, just this weekend I feel like I am on the other side of this … Continue reading
When I Grow Up
So I am with my girls reading Dora books and we get chatting about the future. “Mommy when I grow up I want to be a basketball player” said Tia, looking all athletic and sporty. “When I grow up I’m … Continue reading
Chocolate and Elastoplasts
I would like to challenge the immortal words of Forest Gump, Is life really like a box of chocolates? Or more like a box of Elastoplasts? Why is it we go through life, experiencing hurt, pain, sorrow, and grief … Continue reading
Single
‘You always fall for the ‘alpha males’, but you’re just going to end up orbiting around them and they won’t even notice’. Great, so what, this is my destiny? To be ever more orbiting, invisible around attractive holy men who … Continue reading
Poverty or Prosperity
My husband has recently taken up the position of Pastor at a church here in the UK. It’s a training position, and as such, the wage isn’t very substantial and it has got me thinking about God’s provision. I have … Continue reading
Ally Proudfoot – Guest Writer
Ally is 26 and lives in Sheffield with her fellow co-writer Vanessa, which she loves. Ally spends half her week working with the students of St Thomas Church Philadelphia, who are great. The other half is spent working in the … Continue reading
Clare Cotton
Hi I’m Clare, currently at Sheffield Uni, coming to the end of an English Lit. with Biblical Studies degree,. I will be starting a discipleship year at my church in Sheffield in September. At the moment I’m excited about seeing God break through on the clubbing scene … Continue reading
Inspiration
Last week the US press was all over the story of Susan Boyle, Britain’s Got Talent’s latest discovery. There’s something about her audition which has chastised a culture fixated on looks and sex appeal, and revealed a potential that one … Continue reading
Botany 911
A co-worker recently gave me a potted peace lily as a gift, apparently unaware that I am the angel of death for green things. I displayed it prominently on a table visible to passers-by, and vowed to keep this one … Continue reading
Walking in the Desert of Transition
Over 2 years ago I felt ready to move on with my life. I’d always felt I may be spending my life in a hot poor country with kids in need, and after a few trips to Mozambique this felt … Continue reading
Me Time
Sitting in an internet cafe on my own, with the morning sun not yet strong enough to dispel the mist sitting on the distant hills. The sounds of the staff clattering in the kitchen are occasionally strong enough to break … Continue reading
Naomi Fennell
Naomi Fennell just turned 30,and is in transition currently going around the world. She spent 5 years on staff of large church in Sheffield UK as youth worker and set up a ministry for teenage mums . Naomi is an orthoptist … Continue reading
The Resurrection and The Life
Lent is over, Easter is over. Now what? We get to return to chocolate, Facebook, Twitter, red wine, whatever again. Maybe we even overdo it a little, just to catch up! Still, I think there is more to this week … Continue reading
NOT BEING INTIMIDATED BY PROVERBS 31 – part 2
Recently I was reading Proverbs 31 and quite frankly my response was to feel very inadequate! I felt I was okay at managing my household and I sometimes gave to the poor. However, I certainly wasn’t at all of the … Continue reading
In the Desert
Holy week has begun. Day by day we’re taking steps towards the cross. But I can’t quite let go of Lent. There’s something powerful in that “desert” season, where life is stripped back to make room for God. I was … Continue reading
