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…
Have you ever pulled at a set of string lights, wound up and tightly tucked away, only to sigh at the undeniable birds-nest state of every wire, bulb and loop? How often is it, that our souls echo that same sensation? Caught up in the rat race, in an effort Read more…
Just like that, Advent starts today, here in New Zealand. For us it’s on the back of a challenging few months, of a challenging few years, and to top it off we’re currently recovering from the very illness that we’ve spent our last three years avoiding. But December is here, Read more…
There’s been a blog post on my heart for you, for the past few days. And today the time is finally right to put it into words. I wonder if you can imagine my surprise when I saw just now that it’s exactly one month – to the day – Read more…
Do you know how to be still? I don’t just mean stopping, stationary, where you are. I mean a stillness that fills your heart, mind and soul as you assume a posture of rest. I mean a stillness that gives you the time to consider each of your five senses, Read more…
Saturday 18 April. Today I’m choosing to be thankful for books! This week I’ve made a deliberate effort to set aside technology (including my time on here as I figure out the ins and outs of websites and blogs and so on) and spend time actually reading. You know: turning Read more…
