Sheila Bridge Blog
How do we hold ourselves together when we find we hear within ourselves competing voices some of which talk loudly and which appear to take us in opposing directions? Okay, so I don't mean 'hearing voices' in a bad way. I simply mean that all of us have different roles going on in our 'one... Continue Reading →
Oh what agony and anxiety we would all be spared if only we knew they were going to win! I watched parts of England's game with David last Tuesday. I'm not really a football fan but it was big deal for beloved so I kept him company as best I could. He paced up and... Continue Reading →
Okay, it's also a bit "Sound of Music" and generally very Alpine but it's also very self-confidently Austrian. They have a national culture, character, cuisine which they completely embrace. Seriously they DO wear lederhosen, and not just for the tourists. They play long alpine horns (and cow bells) as musical entertainment and every single house... Continue Reading →
Book review Published 2005 and the film came out in 2010 so forgive slight plot spoiler in this reflection (about content not ending). What does it mean to be human? If we had to prove that we had souls, what evidence would suffice? Would it be the capacity to appreciate all create art, beauty, poetry?... Continue Reading →
Does anyone else think this is a very strange question? Am I the only one who longs to reply 'No, I'm actually an alien from the planet Zorg"? Of course, I get it. I am simply being required to confirm I am not a robot or a computer programme. But surely 'ticking a box' is... Continue Reading →
I've been thinking a lot lately about what to say to people who feel disconnected from God. They had once felt close, they would call themselves Christians but life got really bruising and now they are not so sure. I woke the other morning with this insight going round my mind: " Part of the problem... Continue Reading →
via The myth of the Evangelical takeover
What do you do when someone you love refuses to change or seems incapable of change? When their life seems hopeless or helpless and they seem utterly incapable of doing anything about it? If you love them you want to 'fix them', right? But here's the thing: love isn't enough to fix anybody. Or is... Continue Reading →
Two weeks ago I was reading out loud a passage from Matthew chapter 9 and I came across something I'd never noticed before in a story I thought I knew inside out and backwards. I was so shocked I almost stopped and said out loud "Hang on that's not right" which would have been a... Continue Reading →
Here is a second talk I did recently. This one is very practical: what to do with difficult feelings and whirling thoughts. https://itunes.apple.com/gb/podcast/authentic-2018-managing-your-mind-sheila-bridge/id1359049384?i=1000406713333&mt=2 Here are the slides I refer to through the talk Look at the shape made by the intersect of your body, mind and spirit. This is a traditional image representing God the... Continue Reading →
