01 Mar What I learnt in February
1. I have really, really missed the sun. We have had one of those winters where it has rained, a lot. I don't mind winter, in fact I quite enjoy the...
24 Feb The narcissism of depression.
A while back, I heard Elizabeth Gilbert and Brene Brown in conversation (online obviously, from the warmth of my kitchen, through my laptop). Elizabeth Gilbert said something that really jumped...
25 Jan on lowering the bar
I've decided that I am going to lower the bar. I'm lowering my expectations. Sounds bad doesn't it? Sounds like the words of someone who is depressed. Like the words of someone with...
31 Dec A year of fallow.
In many ways 2014 was my year. I was healthier than I had been in a long time and I took on two jobs, working on plays in the largest...
24 Dec Yet in the dark streets shineth
Sometimes the writing process feels like a huge dot-to-dot drawing. I start with no idea what the final image will be. Moments, ideas, a song I heard on the radio, an...
16 Dec Advent: Grace beyond understanding.
Over the years I have looked to those older and wiser to explain the scriptures for me, mature people with years of experience to make sense of our canon of...
11 Dec Advent: Greatness made small.
This time last year I was working on a play in one of the major theatres in our city. It had been a somewhat fraught rehearsal process and as we...
01 Dec On being brave
Today started a bit tricky. I had one of those mornings where everything was fine until all of a sudden it wasn't. Usually if I am feeling anxious, or working up...
29 Nov Advent: Today and the search for truth.
On the way home from church today we found trees blown down across the road. Huge branches blocking our path, dangerous obstacles getting in our way, preventing us from continuing...