Surviving the Apocalypse
byOne definition of ‘apocalypse’ is ‘an event involving destruction or damage on a catastrophic scale’. Covid-19 feels like if fits the bill to me….
Faith
Hope unfulfilled
byI have always had hope. Despite the depression and anxiety that binds me, I am quite optimistic in my big picture thinking. Yet, hope…
I believe in fairies
byWhen praying for healing I often find myself in a Peter Pan sort of mentality. I am terrified that my lack of faith, or…
I sat there…
byI’ve sat in some difficult places in my life: doctor’s offices, gambling costs of tests being worth the debt if they brought answers to…
Falling Upwards
byA good friend of mine recently introduced me to Father Richard Rohr’s description of the Christian life as “falling upward”. My own fall began…
The depths of joy and suffering
byJohn 10:10 ‘I came that they may have life and have it abundantly’ Living life to its fullest sounds great. Amazing in fact. I…
Dependency
byThere is something incredibly humbling about finding yourself largely dependent on another person to get by in life. It is something which, if you…
The Church
byThere is a bit of a rant that has been building in my head for a while. Something that irritates me, but that I…
Lessons learnt
byDon’t we all spend a lot of time looking back? I’m thinking back over the second half of my life so far, considering how…