How does joy work when you feel anything but joy-filled? When it collides with grief and pain, trauma and hurt? What then? Perhaps you know Chris Tomlin’s adaptation of the well-known Christmas carol, ‘Joy to the World.’ The chorus goes something like this: “Joy, unspeakable joyrises in my soul…” So Read more…
Tuesday 21 April. I admit that I had prepared yesterday’s blog post, ahead of the news. Along with the rest of the country, I was waiting for the announcement, waiting to find out what comes next. And like many of us, when it came, it hit hard. I decided to Read more…
Thursday 9 April. It’s been an interesting day here. Our kids are very much missing “actual” interactions with friends (and hey, I confess that us adults are, too) and today that has translated into variations of frustration, boredom, a headache for one of us, and some general sadness (amongst the Read more…