Monthly Archives: December 2018

This time last year I took a look at a photo of myself and decided that this year was the time for a big change to happen, I wanted to be fit and healthy, to be able to enjoy life, … Continue reading →

Today we tell a timeless story, often including angel announcers, shepherds, a babe in a manger, a virgin birth, a reluctant, then committed man who has met mystery in angelic dreams…. then we throw in men, wise men from the … Continue reading →

I have just looked at the clock, and realised in the quiet of my house this Christmas Eve, that the minutes have slipped past midnight unnoticed as I have been pondering my services for tomorrow morning. Unusually I am very … Continue reading →

the truth is that some days I am barely holding on, but you don’t want to hear that, nobody wants to hear that…. we need one another to be “fine” or at least strong, to cope, to get along, to … Continue reading →

Are you ready for Christmas? How many times have you been asked that question over the last few weeks? If I had £1.00 for every occasion  I have been asked that then I would probably be able to help a … Continue reading →

This morning, walking into town, I bumped into dozens of partying chefs, Uni students, on the last day of the semester, off to party with over-sized inflatable spoons in their hands and much merriment shared. I met more merry makers, … Continue reading →

help me to fall into the deathless depths of you, where light and dark are one, where I am found in the losing and loosing of my finite being + help me to break free from smallness, from false boundaries, … Continue reading →

there is a voice crying, crying for justice,  crying for those whose cries have dried on their lips, whose eyes have emptied of tears… a voice crying, crying for those whose daily experience is fear, or despair, crying for love … Continue reading →

Today I visited a project that is supported by the Sheffield Methodist Circuit, with Christmas approaching I was delivering hampers that had been put together by one of my churches, hampers that contained all manner of goodies, but not washing … Continue reading →

Yesterday, when sharing in the first Carol Service of the year I received a wonderful gift, a gift of unconditional love and grace. The giver was genuine and warm and loving, naturally so, the gift came in the form of … Continue reading →