'Let your heart hold fast my words' Proverbs 4:4 I read this yesterday. I mulled it over. Why did the writer use the word 'heart'? Surely we memorise with our minds and we feel with our hearts? But the more I thought about it the more it made sense. Words that are stored in our... Continue Reading →
Emma and Ben’s Happy Day – some thank you links
I can't possibly have a blog of my own called Sheila's Feel Good Blog and not signpost you to this! Belinda Mccarthy, the photographer employed by Emma and Ben has blogged about their wedding day and released some of the photos. Thank you, they are amazing. She took 680 in all!! How we will chose,goodness... Continue Reading →
Of Bicycles and Cake: a life-long love affair
In a conversation with a friend the other day she mentioned her earliest memory. It set me thinking: what is my earliest memory? It's hard to tease out what is an actual memory from what you've been told or what you saw in a photo. But I think I've thought of two very early memories... Continue Reading →
SILENCE ISN’T GOLDEN
SILENCE ISN'T GOLDEN.
Tattoo or not Tattoo?
Time to come clean: I have a tattoo. I've decided it's time to be open about what it means and what it means to me. (A lot of people will see it this coming weekend and I know I'll get asked a lot! So if you're going to tell one person what it means you... Continue Reading →
‘I am an egg’ – reflections on being fragile
Six weeks ago I held an egg for 20 minutes. I didn’t think it would have such as profound an effect on me as it did. This activity was not quite as weird as it sounds. I was at a ‘quiet day’ and the egg holding exercise was suggested to me by my spiritual director.... Continue Reading →
Mountains we should not climb
There is a mountain range that should never be climbed. Every time we pray 'Yours Lord is the Kingdom, the Power and the Glory' we are reminding ourselves of three mountains we all make regular attempts to climb. I have just come to the end of a second 'Beginner's Course' - we have gone through... Continue Reading →
Atheist Professor Becomes Christian.
Interesting reading - poetry and fencing being unlikely routes to faith. Atheist Professor Becomes Christian..
Time and resources: our two biggest preoccupations and why we should never worry about them
In one of the few moments recently when I stopped worrying I found myself thinking about what kind of things I mostly worry about and I realised that almost all of them fall in to one of two categories. I either worry about time or resources. How often do you find yourself saying or thinking... Continue Reading →
Why worship should be weird and churches should be small
This morning I read two brilliant blog posts on church. The first one was by Philip Yancey advocating the strengths of small churches over large ones (and making some accurate observations about families along the way) and the second one was by blogger Rachel Held Evans on why the church should stop trying to be... Continue Reading →
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