Earlier this week I had an interesting conversation with someone from generation Z. They didn't announce themselves as being part of that generation but later the same day I was reading about the characteristics of this generation and I realised that the young man I had met was most likely a Z-er - a post-millennial... Continue Reading →
What does it mean to ‘live well’ when we have to live with other people
https://youtu.be/QR19qBCX7Gk and for those who prefer to read rather than watch, here it is: Living well in community This morning as some of our lockdown restrictions begin to lift, many of us are asking ourselves what does it look like to live well in a community. As people begin to make choices and many... Continue Reading →
Prayer: a ‘far away land’ or a place near to hand?
Yesterday I spent 45 mins trying to teach myself how to upload video clips from my PC onto my ipad. Not an idle waste of time but something I needed to master for Messy church next week. After much frustration and very little progress, I sat back and said (out loud), "Oh Lord if I... Continue Reading →
Advent 2: Be Kind
For a while I had a favourite quotation under my email 'signature' 'Be kind, for everyone you meet is facing some kind of battle' I believe it is a quote from Philo. It's come back to me again in the last two days in the face of the tragic suicide of the nurse humiliated by... Continue Reading →