I know this... It is by Grace that I am saved, that today I don’t need to feel guilty or condemned, no matter how frustrated I get with my own failings. I have received His free gift of righteousness through faith in the saving blood of Jesus Christ. And I know that no matter how... Continue Reading →
Hope in your backyard... Sometimes it can be really hard to raise significant amounts of money for local causes; for two reasons, the first being that we don’t tend to be very good at seeing what’s in our back yard, and the second being that we struggle to believe that someone who lives just a... Continue Reading →
A fifty year old friend who has a growing TV career asked me if I thought her desire for success in what is, for her, a new direction is just some kind of midlife crisis. What a brutal description. Why is it that we should be tempted to question our choices that involve change as... Continue Reading →
We girls are prone to self doubt aren't we? So many of us worry rather more than is wise or productive about what other people think of us. And oh boy! Do we develop some varied defensive strategies to help us deal with our anxieties. Asked to describe myself, for example, I will tend to... Continue Reading →
Life among the chickens Strange weather we’re getting... I think we've had everything now. One could be forgiven for expecting the Four Horsemen of the Apocalypse to come trit-trotting over the horizon at any moment. In the middle of it all, I have just been enjoying a brief spell during which the sun put in... Continue Reading →
Gentle Reminders The more we pray, the closer we get to God. Christians, just like people of many faiths, are taught that if we want to enjoy a close relationship with God, then we need to spend time in his presence and this is something that can take more discipline than we perhaps have. I... Continue Reading →
While rummaging through old bits and pieces the other day, I bumped into this. I wrote it quite a few years ago for goodness knows what reason, and on rediscovering it, I thought I'd pass it on to you... It's all about long suffering other halves.... I have to say that after many years of... Continue Reading →
What to keep and what to let go.... This year, rather than make promises to myself as the chimes started at twelve o'clock on New Year's Eve, I prepared in advance. Nothing new, just part of my ongoing battle to get closer to God... I’m learning to let go, to give in to His plan,... Continue Reading →
Did I mention my son?... The story behind our song, Christmas Lady. Click here to listen to Christmas Lady: I'm a mother like many mothers, and it would probably be fair to say that I am disproportionately delighted with my child. You've probably met one like me at parties; we're tiresomely obsessed with our little darlings... Continue Reading →
The first song that Kevin and I ever wrote together was this, a track appropriate for this time of year: https://soundcloud.com/outoftheashesmusic/06-christmas-lady/s-tW3CA?in=outoftheashesmusic/sets/out-of-the-ashes-the-garden/s-tW3CA The lyrics come from a place of thinking not just about the birth of Christ, but about my own experiences as a parent. I've only had one child and I am daily astonished by... Continue Reading →
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