Where is God when I pray? One of the biggest points of struggle in my relationship with God has been answer to prayer, and in this, I know I'm not alone. At New Wine this year, we saw some amazing healings, we saw several people walk freely again where before they had needed a stick... Continue Reading →
When grief takes hold Behind the song ‘Life Goes On’. Last year I had my tenth miscarriage. I find it strange that with each pregnancy hope for a second child would be reborn with renewed optimism. Excuses would be found for previous miscarriages that would make this pregnancy different. And then, as things started going... Continue Reading →
Asked if I have been skiing, I have to say that whilst I have, in the past, stood on skis... I did not move, either in the direction intended, nor at the speed I had planned, therefore I am not absolutely sure I can correctly call it... well... skiing. I am not a natural at... Continue Reading →
A Habit Worth Changing I read without surprise Tesco's figures for food waste that were released earlier this week. I find it interesting that it can sometimes appear as though our current cultural attitudes to waste have evolved since rationing ended in 1954, some years after the war. During the war it was considered inappropriate... Continue Reading →
Eleven Eleven! Eleven I ask you? How can this possibly have happened? I'm sure it was only a couple of months ago that he arrived in the world. Late as usual. James, my son, likes to keep us waiting. I was forty one before I managed to become pregnant, he didn't come out until three... Continue Reading →
Friends Recently we were asked if we could take Out of the Ashes and the Beacon Gospel Choir to do a fund raising event in aid of the work Helen and Alastair Sammon are doing out in Tanzania. It was easy to say 'yes' because Helen and Alastair Sammon are good friends of ours. I... Continue Reading →
Recording and Domesticity at Olivers We're recording for our second album this week and today we've been dumping guide tracks down in preparation for actual recording of the final takes. So... let me tell you about sharing a house with a load of musicians. They are extremely untidy... they leave lights on wherever they go... Continue Reading →
You don't always think of Sir Cliff as being a font of wisdom... but he's absolutely right here... What Other People Think.
https://soundcloud.com/outoftheashesmusic/02-nothing-can-stop-me/s-tW3CA?in=outoftheashesmusic/sets/out-of-the-ashes-the-garden/s-tW3CA I can tell when my ten year old son is lying to me. He finds the fact that I possess this remarkable talent quite extraordinary, but, I know that I am no different from any other mother. When he can't look me in the eye, I know that he is ashamed. The strange thing... Continue Reading →
What does my being a Christian tell you about me? Christianity. It means so many things to so many different people. It means extremists murdering those who believe something else. It means boring Sunday services, in dusty churches that haven't seen change in hundreds of years. It means ritual, habit, or maybe happy-clappy and a... Continue Reading →
The Blog of Penny Lyon 