Sheila Bridge Blog
So we are in the middle of Lent - a time when many people choose a discipline which helps them 'observe' the season. For many streams of the church, Lent kicks off with an act of religious observation - receiving the ashes on your forehead. But Lent is about more than outward observation; Lent is... Continue Reading →
There was an odd sense of unreality as I pulled my soggy shoes out of my suitcase on Tuesday. Had I really been running through a tropical downpour in Melbourne only two (or three days) previously? The 25 hour flight home and the weird crossing of time zones means I can't be exactly sure how... Continue Reading →
Even to put a question mark at the end of that sentence feels like border line blasphemy! But actually there IS something that can separate me from the love of God - stick with me here... I've not gone off my head. I was reading that passage in Romans 8 this morning - I read... Continue Reading →
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 →
I have really enjoyed this book. I knew that Gerald Kelly writes so brilliantly, there are phrases and images that stay with you long after you finish reading, so I expected to enjoy it. And I did but it was not what I expected. It is not a critique of 'evangelicalism'. There is no long... Continue Reading →
Twice in the space of a week I have found myself reflecting on big questions while standing in a graveyard. Last week I took my mother up to Scotland for a brief visit to the village she grew up in. In between visits to living relatives, we took a tour around the cemetery. It was... Continue Reading →
If you have a Year 6 child about to go up to 'big school' you will love this book. If you have a child with additional needs or who stands out in anyway that makes them uncomfortable, you will love this book. If you are human being with a heart of compassion - you will... Continue Reading →
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