Sheila's Feel Good Blog
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 →
I'm just posting here a link to a talk I did back in March at the Activate Conference. If you want to listen to the talk you follow the link and it's on itunes but it's free. I was blown away by the generous response to this talk when I gave but maybe you had... Continue Reading →
This isn't so much a book review as a library review - this woman has written alot and it's all very good. Where do I start? 'The Gifts of Imperfection' is annoyingly brilliant. why annoyingly? Because she kind of says the exact same thing that I wrote TWENTY-THREE years ago! Only she says it alot... Continue Reading →
This is a phrase that has got me through some difficult experiences and some low moments. I've found myself saying it again to a couple of people lately. It may sound like resignation but there is a world of difference between resignation and acceptance (see image). So when I say this phrase I mean acceptance.... Continue Reading →
Last week I had a lot of fun talking to our local Church school about Palm Sunday. Taking a 'leaf' (groan) from Bob Hartman's style of story telling, I quickly realised that this story lent itself to being told by the letter P. Palms, parade/procession, people, prayers.... For my primary school crowd it didn't need... Continue Reading →
