Friday 21st December 10.30pm: David and I are really, really tired. Knowing we would have a late night picking up Matthew from the airport on the following night, we had turned in early. By 10.30 it was lights out and we were sound asleep. We were blissfully unaware that at that very moment his flight... Continue Reading →
Advent 4: (Not) Call the Midwife…
Standing in the Stable (Luke 2:1-20) This is a meditation I found in a book called Silence in Heaven, this edited version is reproduced with kind permission of the author Mary Cotes. I think it is just fabulous. It deserves to be read slowly and thoughtfully and it is a fitting summary of the... Continue Reading →
Advent 3: Sometimes you’ve got to eat pie…
If you find yourself facing an overwhelmingly difficult or complex situation and you can't see your way forward, here is a suggestion: 'Eat pie'. This particular piece of wisdom has been gleaned from Men in Black 3 and is given by Agent K to Agent J at the point where imminent global disaster (aka the... Continue Reading →
Advent 2: Be Kind
For a while I had a favourite quotation under my email 'signature' 'Be kind, for everyone you meet is facing some kind of battle' I believe it is a quote from Philo. It's come back to me again in the last two days in the face of the tragic suicide of the nurse humiliated by... Continue Reading →