Hello, In England at the seaside you can buy something called ‘rock’ a brittle sugar tube and at the centre throughout the whole stick are embedded words, usually the name of the seaside town.  If I were a stick of rock the words embedded throughout my being would be  “Foundations’  Its my greatest passion.  I’m drawn…

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I love the advent season as we prepare for Christmas but I find it harder to keep Jesus as my focus, to be still, reflect and enter into the journey fully with God.  Preparations, people and parties which I really enjoy can rob the time and I arrive at Christmas tired and more significantly missing…

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5.55am.  Waking, I heard the rain hitting the window, my first thought on my decision to start back swimming today after weeks off with the flu virus and Christmas celebrations.  I reached for my phone and daily audio bible and saw a video of our grandson Peter 21 months,  in Australia, always exciting. So precious…

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Name your year. I’ve been asking God what is your name for our journey through 2018? “Hope & New Wine” comes forth from a precious heart journey that began in 2013, ‘Laying the vineyard fallow.’ I begin so thankful for the faithfulness and kindness of a Father who kept me and drew me closer. As…

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How has your life been touched by beauty this year? “Brothers and sisters, fill your minds with beauty and truth.  Meditate on whatever is honourable, whatever is right, whatever is pure, whatever is lovely, whatever is good, whatever is virtuous and praiseworthy.  Whatever you learned and received and heard and saw in me, do it,…

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Hello, When we think about ‘nurture’ we most often think about caring for a baby or a small child, yet the truth is all growth comes because there has been some kind of nurture and that continues throughout our lives.  As adults we often connect with nurture in the garden, but when did you last…

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