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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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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Hello, There are some moments in our lives we don’t have to remember because the experience was so powerful it is written on our hearts.  Memories like this draw us instantly back into the moment even years later.  A few days ago I talked about my journey with creativity and a particular moment in a counselling retreat…

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Hello, For me the greatest privilege of knowing God is that He entrusts me – and you – to carry His heart!  Its also a profound journey of encounter and transformation as I experience Him, his compassion and kindness and surrender myself that he might mould me in His Image!  I’m deeply humbled to be…

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