I can be quite close to tears at the best of times but tearing up on the tube is a new one, even for me. I wasn’t reading, or watching an emotive clip of someone’s heartfelt altruism on Facebook, someone … Continue reading The Kindness of Strangers
When I read this post I kicked myself for not writing this sooner. The fact that God is not a genie has been in my mind for years. It’s been hard to write for reasons that will perhaps become clearer. … Continue reading God is not a genie
Last month I applied for a job I desperately wanted for a third time. The first time I didn’t know I wanted it. Second time, I narrowly lost out to my best friend, a worthy winner. Third time round, I … Continue reading Anticipating Disappointment
When I saw the title of this article, my heart sank. The article (worth a read before this) explores the ways there are of analysing and calculating the divorce rate, so far interesting to consider. The second part lists a series … Continue reading Whose marriage is at risk of divorce?
You marry; confident it’s forever. The wedding day was simply the beginning of the rest of your life. It turns out that divorced or married, your life is never so clear cut as to be mapped out from one event. Maybe … Continue reading A-Z of Divorce: M…is for Marriage
Say the word ‘Mary’ and the phrase ‘meek and mild’ springs to mind. Yet when I actually think of Mary, meek and mild are the last words that describe her. Feisty, gutsy, bold and daring are words I’d associate more … Continue reading Royal Connections: Mary
This woman is the only person within the family tree described solely by status. And she’s not even mentioned as the wife of the person who has fathered her child. This was a challenging thought to me. If I was … Continue reading Royal Connections: Bathsheba
As I read the genealogy of Jesus, I was struck by the connection of Ruth to another of the women. Rahab was her mother-in-law. Now who knows what their relationship was like – history doesn’t record it – but I … Continue reading Royal Connections: Ruth
The immortal words of the Backstreet Boys could have been written from God for Rahab… “I don’t care who you are, where you’re from, what you did, as long as you love me…” Rahab is one of my personal favourite … Continue reading Royal Connections: Rahab
As Advent is a period of waiting, reflection and anticipation as we lead up to the birth of Jesus, it is apt that the first woman’s story in this genealogy is one of patience and waiting for a promise to … Continue reading Royal Connections: Tamar
It’s the most wonderful time of the year. Who Do You Think You Are is on TV again. I love a good family history story regardless of whether I’m related to the protagonists or not, especially if I can watch … Continue reading Royal Connections: The Family Tree
Solomon, full of wisdom, stated that ‘hope deferred makes the heart sick, but a longing fulfilled is the tree of life’ (Proverbs 13:12).This is precisely what it feels like when what you hope for, and long for, and yearn deeply … Continue reading A-Z of Divorce: H…is for Hope
Generosity. It’s not the typical word associated with divorce. I considered grief; that’s all too true. I wondered about guilt; it seems to be intrinsically tied into the end of marriage. But every time I came back to this word, … Continue reading A-Z of Divorce: G…is for Generosity
Guest blogger Hannah on when time pressure is constantly there, and ticking away. When I was 15, a doctor took one look at a scan of my heart and said airily, “If you want to have a family, you’d better … Continue reading The Grass Is Greener: Start Early
‘How much more will your Father who is in heaven give good gifts to those who ask him!’ I’ve heard it said that people really knew what it was like to see God as a father when they had their … Continue reading Fathers
Hands up, who else sang this in their head with an extended ‘s’, a la The Jungle Book’s Kaa? I’m glad it’s not just me. Trust. Putting our faith in something. Maybe it’s a logical decision, maybe it’s based on … Continue reading Trust in me…
“The Lord turned and looked straight at Peter”. The enormity, sorrow and betrayal sink in… Continue reading Letting God Down
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We all have our own definitions of success. For a long time, my view of whether I was successful was defined by relationship. Being married and having a family was to me, a… Continue reading What does success look like?
It’s been a month since Holocaust Memorial Day. Possibly you hadn’t noticed it back in January, and now wonder why I didn’t post this then. An extremely valid question to which the only answer is that I’d written about three … Continue reading Would You Stand By? Don’t Stand By ~ Holocaust Memorial Day 2016
Elf is one of my Christmas highlights. It’s the film I put on first and the one I quote most often. I subscribe to eating the four main food groups; sugar, candy corn, candy cane and candy. I mean, it … Continue reading What Elf teaches me about being a Christian
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