Sheila Bridge Blog
This is one of the saddest books I've ever read. That's not to say it isn't good, it is. But it is also pretty unrelentingly sad. Sally Magnusson, daughter of the well-known writer and TV personality, Magnus Magnusson, writes both her mother's life story and the story of the mother's descent into dementia. Along the... Continue Reading →
(No big plot -spoilers) This film starring Reese Witherspoon tells the story of a group of Sudanese children who escape from an attack which leaves their village and all their parents destroyed. Snatching up a few possessions they begin a terrifying trek of around 900 miles to eventual and relative safety in a refugee camp... Continue Reading →
I came across this poem. It's out there in the public domain and is by American poet William Stafford. I don't know what 'the thread' meant to him but for me this poem expresses perfectly what faith in the reality of God means to me. George Macdonald, a writer of allegorical fairy tales who greatly... Continue Reading →
https://www.facebook.com/mobymusic/videos/10154690698776108/ Watching this powerful video made by Steve Cutts for the song 'Are you lost in the world like me?' reminded me of how much I was impacted by reading The Village Effect by Susan Pinker earlier this year. Pinker makes one point. Yes, only the one point! But she makes it really effectively and what... Continue Reading →
