What do you do when you can’t hear God’s voice? I write this from a place of frustration. Someone asked me the other day how my relationship with God was going. I said it felt like I was in a troubled marriage – I keep turning up for the dates, but the mealtimes are strained […]
I am no prayer warrior
24th October, 2012 4
Today I am honoured to be guest-posting for Micha Boyett for her This Sacred Everyday series. Micha is one of my favourite bloggers, and she always pushes my thinking on matters of spirituality. It is a privilege to be on her site today. “This is sister Sue,” my Mum said. “She’s a Prayer Warrior.” It […]
Sandblasted {guest post}
23rd October, 2012 19
I am SO excited that Joy Bennett is writing her story. I read her blog voraciously: she speaks truth, both the mess and the glory together, and it gives life to my soul. Over to Joy: Thirteen years ago, I had all the answers, I thought. My life and new marriage was trucking along quite […]
Progress on the journey
19th October, 2012 0
When was the last time you entered a different country? There are two ways of entering a country. The first way is the clear entry. I have been to America once, and the entry was a noisy airport, announcements, surprisingly personal questions from unsmiling uniformed figures, fingerprinting, forms, heavy luggage. I had arrived. Or when […]
Chasing Silhouettes: a review
17th October, 2012 7
It’s every parent’s worst nightmare. You watch your child picking again at their food. You rationalise that lots of children are fussy eaters, and that doesn’t mean anything. Time passes. The length of time they spend in the bathroom increases – but that’s normal for a teenager, right? More time passes. You look at their […]
Discovering the Absence of God {guest post}
16th October, 2012 15
Alastair Roberts is a PhD student (Theology) at Durham University. I really appreciate his thoughtful approach to pretty much everything and his encyclopaedic Biblical knowledge. (If there’s ever a Bible passage you’re stuck on, do ask him what he thinks – his perspective is always helpful.) I’m delighted that he’s sharing his story here. At […]
Cloud of witnesses
12th October, 2012 29
You always run faster when there is a crowd cheering. I noticed this at the Olympics – how many personal bests were achieved, records broken. Some of that will have been from the thrill and challenge of competing, and beating others. Some of that, I suspect, is from the volume of the cheers, and the […]
One Book
10th October, 2012 30
What is your favourite book? I remember ‘Each Peach, Pear, Plum’ – the first book I carried home from school on the bus at the age of five. I left it on the bus and there was no end to my distraught tears. I loved it because it had a whole cast of characters from […]
