I'm not really made from pink wool, and I don't live in outer space, but I DO like knitting! I'm a Bible-reading, maths-teaching, theology-studying, resource-writing, terribly untidy mum-of-three currently located in the middle of England. Occasionally, God gives me a thwack round the head with a rolled-up newspaper, and I try to listen. Sometimes.
Remembrance is coming up soon. My training church has given me the sermon that day (thanks, I think) and I’ll be posting the script shortly. Btt in the meantime, here is the beautiful (and BAFTA-nominated) short animation, ‘Poppies‘ from CBeebies and a prayer to go with it. You can use the prayer before or afterwards, … More
Unboxing (and humiliation) My new books have arrived and boy, were they well packaged! Grab a mug of hot beverage and watch me struggle to open a simple cardboard box. I have speeded up (6x) the most humiliating part where I struggle for nearly a minute to get a box out of a box. Cardboard … More Cardboard box 1: Girl 0
In other words, Light Party! Mostly this post is how to make a sweet little lantern, just like my mum taught me when I was a kid. There are also lots of fun ideas for glow sticks and other light-based frivolity. And there’s news about a party! Glow stick Ideas Glow bunting. Pop glow sticks … More Lighten Our Darkness, Lord, We Pray
Hello! I’m back again. Yay! A huge ‘thank you’ to the lovely Richard for holding the fort while I was away writing essays, research and, oh yes, A BOOK! More about that later. Most of you will be up to your armpits in Harvest Festival and upcoming Hallowe’en, so here is a round up of … More Resources Round-up (and a BOOK!)
9 April 1945. Lutheran pastor Dietrich Bonhoeffer was executed in Flossenburg concentration camp, just two weeks before it was liberated by Allied forces. Here’s an essay I wrote as part of my MA course at Ripon College Cuddesdon, looking at Bonhoeffer as the Luther of his time. Click on the link to download a PDF. … More Remembering Bonhoeffer
It’s nearly the Easter hols! Yay! To celebrate, here is a selection of useful links from all over the place. (This is a re-post from last year, so please do let me know if any of the links have broken since then. Ty xx) There’s a printable and video for how to make your own … More Easter Round-Up
Dear Readers, for your delectation and delight I present … the Scriptural Stations of the Cross: an interactive, all-age (and remember, that does not mean ‘for the kids’) meditation on the Easter story, starting on the evening on Maundy Thursday and ending on Easter Morning. Click here for the 12-page PDF including readings, prayers and … More Scriptural Stations of the Cross
Here’s a super-duper resource for Holy Week and Easter: The Stations of the Cross – but not the ones featuring the totally fictitious Saint Scooby-Doo. (Sorry, did I say that out loud? I meant Veronica.) Each station has a New Testament Reading and a linked Old Testament passage, a short prayer and a suggested thing to … More Saint Scooby-Doo?
Hello ‘Flectioneers, having in the last six weeks completed a 3000-word essay on the history of interpretation of the (almost) sacrifice of Isaac (including Greek, Hebrew and a sassy little chiasm); finished the manuscript of my latest book and got that sent to the publisher; and written a 6000-worder on Bonhoeffer as the Luther of … More Why is Easter so Hard?
(repost) Well January was a long year, but we got through it, right? And now it’s almost Lent? Seriously? I’ve only just put the crib away! But panic not, dear ‘Flectioneers. I have some yummy resources for you. A few Lent devotional books, printable Puzzle Pages (great for take-home bags), and a beautiful Lent loose-part … More Ash Wednesday / Lent stuff
