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Not Your Superwoman
One of my favorite singers in my teens was a soul singer called Karyn White. She sang this classic ballad about a man she gave her all to, whom took her for granted. In the chorus she finally takes her stand…
I’m not your Superwoman, I’m not the kind of girl that you can let down [...]
Christmas Soundtrack
Over the years my feelings towards Christmas have ranged from frustration, to outright hostility to ambivalence. Obviously, it wasn’t the reason for Christmas that posed the problem. It was everything else, I guessed, I thought. The rampant commercialism and all that.
I have two preschoolers and knew I had to approach this year differently. And for [...]
The Princess and The Frog
I am not into the Princess thing, but I have two preschool daughters so I am hardly going to avoid it. I’m just accepting it as a phase that too will pass. But it was a no brainer that I was taking them to see the Princess and the Frog.
I’d heard a few negatives about [...]
Ebenezer
Samuel took a single rock and set it upright between Mizpah and Shen. He named it “Ebenezer” (Rock of Help), saying, “This marks the place where God helped us.” 1 Samuel 7:12
The day is done. Thanksgiving is over. We’ve had a day to look around the table and be grateful for what we have, to [...]
Revolutionary Road
Last night we sat down to watch Revolutionary road. It’s a film set in 1950’s America’s , where a young couple Frank and April Wheeler( played magnificently by Leonardo DiCaprio and Kate Winslet) with full of high hopes and expectations for their lives slowly, let eventually come undone, with ultimately devastating consequences.
Frank and April dreamed [...]
Running
“Don’t you realise that in a race everyone runs, but only one person gets the prize? So run to win! All athletes are disciplined in their training. They do it to win a prize that will fade away, but we do it for an eternal prize.” 1 Corinthians 9:24-25
So I guess this is one of [...]
Come To Me
“Come to me, all you who are weary and burdened, and I will give you rest. Take my yoke upon you and learn from me, for I am gentle and humble in heart, and you will find rest for your souls. For my yoke is easy and my burden is light.”
Matthew 11:28–30
This is one of [...]
Marvellously Made
I thank you, High God—you’re breathtaking!
Body and soul, I am marvellously made!
I worship in adoration—what a creation!
Psalm139:14 MSG
This weekend’s Guardian newspaper (UK) featured an article about some models, who were healthy and glowing. Yet what struck me most was the understanding in the fashion world that UK size 12 and 14 (US 8 – 10) [...]
Lord, if you are willing…
“While Jesus was in one of the towns, a man came along who was covered with leprosy. When he saw Jesus, he fell with his face to the ground and begged him, “Lord, if you are willing, you can make me clean” (Luke 5:12 TNIV).
This man’s condition completely defined his life. He was socially alienated, isolated and [...]
Realities
“Since you have been raised to new life with Christ, set your sights on the realities of heaven, where Christ sits in the place of honour at God’s right hand. Think about the things of heaven, not the things of earth. For you died to this life, and your real life is hidden with Christ [...]
Life Laundry
In recent weeks I’ve been inspired/challenged/convicted/whatever to do a “life laundry” and get rid of the clutter in our home. There are toys the girls no longer play with, clothes we don’t wear, paper that simply needs recycling and things we have no use of anymore that we need to say goodbye to. It’s an [...]
Reconciliation
Now we look inside, and what we see is that anyone united with the Messiah gets a fresh start, is created new. The old life is gone; a new life burgeons! Look at it! All this comes from the God who settled the relationship between us and him, and then called us to settle our [...]
One Foot In Front Of The Other.
It’s been a crazy summer with lots of great times, but also lots of challenges.
How do you navigate your way through the mad times? This summer has been one of those times! There have been fearful moments – the health scare, sitting in a doctor’s office wondering if a diagnosis was about to rock my [...]
When A Dream Comes True.
“If we have not achieved our early dreams, we must either find new ones or see what we can salvage from the old. If we have accomplished what we set out to do in our youth, then we need not weep like Alexander the Great that we have no more worlds to conquer. There is [...]
Broken Dreams.
After the dream has gone.
Rosalyn Carter (wife of President Jimmy Carter) wrote: “If we have not achieved our early dreams, we must either find new ones or see what we can salvage from the old. If we have accomplished what we set out to do in our youth, then we need not weep like Alexander [...]
Called to the God Adventure.
The LORD had said to Abram, “Go from your country, your people and your father’s household to the land I will show you.”
Gen 12:1
One question has dominated my thinking this summer: Am I living for safety or adventure?
It began by watching a DVD of a man called Edwin Friedman (1932 – 1996), a rabbi, [...]
Turning Lemons Into Lemonade: Thankfulness
Being thankful is a discipline. We discipline ourselves to take time to say thank you to God when things are going well and it’s easy to be thankful. We must also discipline ourselves to choose to say thank you when things aren’t going well. There is always something to be thankful for.
I know [...]
Real Romance
Romance in Reality. Or ‘Female Porn’
“Research has shown that the popular romantic comedies of today give unrealistic expectations of what to expect in a relationship.”
Boy is that true. Did you know – my husband cannot read my mind and instinctively know when to give me a hug? Or when what I actually need is to [...]
Increasing my capacity.
In the last month, life has gone from fast jog to sprint. I am already a full-time Mum with two children under three. I run a home, I need to spend time with my husband and I have various ministry responsibilities.
When we welcomed two girls into our home for six months of discipleship, I suddenly [...]
Love hopes all things.
The biblical meaning of hope is ‘confident expectation’. But as we live in the tension of expectation and reality, so often we are disappointed and frustrated by the reality of our experiences. What is hope? Where do we find it? And how do we navigate ourselves towards it when our default is to criticise and [...]
