About ten years ago I was preparing for one of my regular trips “home”, to Germany. I then enjoyed the privilege of being able to combine annual professional and personal travel, often lasting an extended period. A family in my wider clan of in-laws invited my for a...
Some time ago I followed a debate of some clergy and laity on the Ordination of Women. It tried to grasp the implication, and impact, of the recent letter by the LCA Council of Bishops on the three (and a half) options for the future of this saga. The letter can be...
In silence groans caught up in prayer we plead for those we love not from the joyless stance of Judas returning to consciousness after betraying his deepest self but from an open-heart broken and gifted able to question and wonder hopeful in uncertainty free to...
There is a lot of talk about our need for resilience these days. I don’t know about you, but it conjures up for me, images of having to try harder, be braver, and have more positive thoughts, the latter of which has always been difficult for me. I’m more likely to cry...
The quick and easy way to end disputes. . .or maybe not. One of the great pleasures in life for some of us is a good game of Scrabble or – my favourite – Upwords. A dear Aunty of mine and I are keen players, and the main house rule is about whether a word can be...
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