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Lots of sky

Last night, Jon took one look at me and suggested i sit down… He found a cooking programme for me in which Rick Stein was travelling through Spain. He came…

Sparks fly

A couple of our friends, Zeb and Theo, who are twins, have an amazing band called “Always Awake.” The other night they were over singing us one of their new…

Influence

Today I met a rather sweet couple. I had taken the children to a cafe after school to celebrate the end of the term. Yay for us! The second we…

The Eve of sin

I read an online article today about Eve and all the ‘firsts’ associated with her. She was obviously the first woman and the first wife…but, and this is something I…

Outgoing leadership

Last night I hung out with Kristian Tucker who is our outgoing (in both senses) Children’s pastor at church. We had a ball. And a chocolate lolly. We went to…

The 53 year old reminder

A year or so ago, we stayed at a friends’ house for 10 days. I was heavily pregnant and was grateful each night to fall into bed. Their mattress was…

Immediate answered prayer

Yesterday was an a amazing day. In the morning I was scheduled to have an interview with a lady from Premier Radio. We didn’t end up recording anything but we…

A Classic tale

The Classics Department at Durham University had a certain smell. It smelt of clever people. People who didn’t always know how to maintain eye contact; or boil an egg; or…

Children’s minister – again!

Well, it is now official. It was announced yesterday that I am taking over the role of Children’s leadery person thing at Ivy. (I must get a clearer title sometime.)…

Helpful ants

The other day I was watching an amazing programme about plants. In it, I was fascinated to watch the journey of a certain jungle seed. It is covered with a…