Sheila Bridge Blog
Comparison is a dangerous business – we are rarely level-headed in our judgement when we compare ourselves with others. Either we find fault with others and serve ourselves a little slice of ‘superiority pie’ or we feel intimidated by their brilliance/effectiveness/giftedness/fruitfulness and we defeat ourselves by picking up an inner badge and wearing it all... Continue Reading →
If the title of this post sounds arrogant, forgive me: I am using the word 'position' literally and I'm talking about a way to pray. Yesterday morning, as distressed as I was over the appalling loss of life in Paris, I was also very disturbed by the French President's declared intention to start a "merciless war... Continue Reading →
I've never liked being out of my depth. I am a good swimmer and have swum in some awesome places including the Colorado River that carved out the Grand Canyon (with a life jacket, and a life line to the raft) but I find the idea of being a tiny individual bobbing about over a... Continue Reading →
On day two of the retreat (see previous post) we were sent out into the garden to practise 'Terra Divina' - in simple language we were to spend twenty minutes listening to what God might say to us through the natural world. Not knowing much about trees and birds I found this intimidating. However I... Continue Reading →
Three images are forming in me a sense of who I am and how I am called to live. From a recent retreat I was privileged to attend in Glastonbury run by Ian and Gail Adams (www.belovedlife.org) I have come away with three powerful images of who I am. They may sound like yoga poses... Continue Reading →
In my garden there is a gift. This gift is a beech hedge. Every season it gives us some new joy but I think it glows brightest in autumn. Having changed my header photo to reflect the season, I thought I'd just put up a poem in honour of trees and all they give us/teach... Continue Reading →
I'm reading a book about a woman through whom God does amazing things. This is very challenging to me as my petty ego says to me 'how come God doesn't do amazing things through you?' (please don't anyone answer that with reassuring platitudes about me being amazing, I get that I'm 'amazing' in the normal... Continue Reading →
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