When heaven seeps into our plans, sometimes our plans are derailed and sometimes our tracks are changed in surprising ways, but always our direction becomes more than anything we could have imagined.
De-railed
Yes…
December 13th Yes Listen to the reflection here... (also available on Spotify HERE ) What we say yes to forms us. One way or the other. Mary. She said yes. To God. She gave Him all she had. “I am the Lord’s servant,’ Mary answered. ‘May your word to me be fulfilled.’ Then the... Continue Reading →
This is the Genealogy of Jesus the Messiah
Jesus came into the incredibly messy human story of ancient Israel, a story full of brokenness, frailty and failing. He didn’t just take on skin, light enfolding in tissued flesh, He took on a history and a story full of the foibles and flaws of a fallen, falling people...
Three Days Until Advent…
Just three days until Advent begins... and I'm sitting here by the fire wishing for the same surprise we woke up to discover this time last year! This time last year the railroad tracks of our life upended in the most beautiful way. We awoke to powdery soft snow blanketing everything in brilliant white. We... Continue Reading →
An Uncomfortable Beautiful Reality
The serene face of baby Jesus stared out at me from amongst the news headlines a few nights ago. His gentle face sandwiched between reports of the war in Ukraine and a UK national budget release. A Renaissance painting of the Madonna and Child that had been discovered in a garage had just sold at... Continue Reading →
Good Fruit
Day 34 Good Fruit We, all of us long to feel like we are not alone in this world. Indeed the one ‘not good’ thing in all creation before the fall was for us to be alone… “The Lord God said, “It is not good for the man to be alone. I will make... Continue Reading →
Ask, Seek, Knock
Our son Oliver doesn’t sleep well. He has a very creative imagination and a world full of ideas whirling in his mind. Between this and all the natural worries fuelled by moving countries and struggling to adjust, he’s very often up at night...
Do Not Judge
One of the things that has struck me most in writing our way through the Sermon on the Mount is the generosity of God laced through it all… ‘Don’t see with stingy eyes, see with generous eyes’, ‘Love your enemy’ ‘Give to the one who asks you, and do not turn away from the one who wants to borrow from you.’ ‘When you give...’.
Do Not Worry About Tomorrow
This day a few years ago I was down. Way down. Weighed down by worries and stresses and cataloguing my anxieties in a litany of self pity.
I was making pizza, rolling dough, cutting toppings, listing all the reasons why life was just too hard...
Seek First His Kingdom
There are a lot of things in this world vying for the human heart, so many calls enticing our eyes, our time, our lives… so many convincing claims calling us to give our story over to their ‘sell’...
Shrove Tuesday…
Did the grass crunch under His feet as He ascended the hillside that day? Did pebbles slide and roll between His dusty sandalled toes? Was the breeze warm against His cheek, or did it prick His skin with a chill?
Breathe
From before all time began His grace was there waiting for us, because the cross was there waiting for Him. Waiting for the Creator of the Universe to die for the creatures He created....
