07 Dec Alternative Advent Calendar Part 1.
On the 1st December I started to write an Alternative Advent Calendar. I have been posting these 'gifts' daily on Facebook and Instagram. Christmas is busy, and expectations are high. It...
28 Nov For anyone who has ever had questions about their faith.
I struggle to articulate the discoveries I have been making about my faith, in part because what I believe cannot easily be squeezed into language. It cannot be condensed and compressed into words,...
22 Nov The wild truth about freedom.
With regard to my faith I have spent a lot time writing about what isn't. Exploding lies. Debunking myths. That sort of thing. I write about this because it is what I have spent a...
15 Nov What I discovered at the river tonight.
Talisman When the days shorten And morning and evening seem almost to kiss When the darkness surrounds I chase the gold as it slips behind the horizon. Hoping it might remain for a moment longer. But...
08 Nov A non-scientific check list of anxiety symptoms (or, This is how it felt for me).
It was seven years from my first panic attack to a diagnosis of anxiety. Seven years without any help. Seven years of thinking I needed to get a grip. Seven...
02 Nov What kind of day has it been?
1. It started on Monday night. I received a text informing me that the flight I was to take first thing Tuesday morning from Manchester to Heathrow, to connect to...
25 Oct Parenting: Learning to be honest about the messy reality of life.
I have thought a lot recently about how to enable my kids to move from the 'infant' part of their childhood into their teenage years. How to begin to prepare...
10 Oct This is for you if you are in despair.
This is for you if you are in despair. I know how you feel. I have been you; terrified to leave the house, feeling I had no control over my own body. I...
07 Oct For when you think you should be able to snap out of it.
A few years back I noticed a book lying around. It was by a Christian speaker, one of those women who talk in authoritative statements, wearing power suits in bold...