Get ready for a Yarn Bomb!!! These cute mini-angels are quick to make and look fab. Make a million to give away at your Advent events. Or a few for your Christmas Tree. Or for festive bunting. Party earrings? Use scraps of DK or 4-ply. Make one lacy circle for the body and another for … More Mini Angels
Being photographed thrills some people and horrifies others! a “natural” model is free of self-consciousness, relaxing in front of the lens, and making almost any photographer look brilliant. … More My Best Side- Look, See, Pray
Autumn is a good time to do a “soul clearance”… checking the growth of the year, clearing the dead bits, and resting to recover energy and renew purpose. … More Waste Disposal- Look, See, Pray
At the going down of the sun and in the morning We will remember them. These famous lines from Laurence Binyon’s poem, ‘For the Fallen’, conjure powerful images of poppies and old soldiers and people standing in silence. But for many – most – of us, the events about which they were written have faded into … More Sunset / Sunrise
God is walking with us- and He knows what we can and can’t do. Help is offered by the Lord, and within the Kingdom community, but real life always gives real bruises. … More “Of Course You Can” – Look, See, Pray
Luke 17:11-19 and 2 Kings 5:1-15 For resources on Naaman, click here. For Harvest stuff, click here. Regular readers may remember that I’ve recently started rev training. (Here’s a gratuitous pic of my beautiful college in Cuddesdon, nr Oxford.) I’m just back from the induction weekend and now I’m planning the next college Eucharist. In at … More Untouchable?
At the end of 2024, an estimated 123.2 million people worldwide were forcibly displaced due to persecution, conflict, violence, human rights violations etc. (UNHCR) To put that in context, 123 million is nearly double the entire population of the UK. I’ll say that again in case, like me, you didn’t quite believe your ears. The total … More Reason to Hope
Is that all that God feels for us? Dutifully loving and forgiving, etc., etc., but all very antiseptic and distant; we probably scrape in but it’s pretty close. … More Does God like us? Look, See, Pray
1 Timothy 6:6-19 and Luke 16:19-31 Let’s start with some maths. (Oh, go on. Please, please, please?) Cleaning my house involves Time and Work Cleaning = Time x Work We work to get money, so Work = Money And we all know the phrase “Time is Money”, so Time = Money Substitute those in and … More Tightrope + Penny-Farthing = Treasure?
Luke 16:1-13 There once was a vicar from Crewe,Who painted his cassock bright blue.When asked, “Is that right?”He beamed with delight,“It hides all the gravy stains too!” We know how poems go in English, rhyming at the ends of the lines, and a jolly rhythm: dum-dee-dee dum-dee-dee dum. Hebrew poems works differently. There’s no rhyme … More Dishonest Stewart
The Reflectionary 