Nothing On My Tongue But Hallelujah
Have you ever done something and then instantly regretted it? I certainly know I have. When I fourteen I was in my first PE lesson since coming out of plaster cast for two broken wrists. My teacher asked me and my friend to sort out the equipment cupboard. Students weren’t normally allowed in the equipment… Continue reading Two Coal Fires and One Cock’s Crow
The facts, statistics and trajectories on agrarian issues, farming debates and the wide-ranging subject of food are difficult to ignore and often overwhelming. In a world population of 7.5 billion, which shows no signs of an imminent plateau, the resources of the world remain steadfastly finite. Furthermore, this finite world is increasingly a fragile one:… Continue reading Food, Faith, and Farming
On the anniversary of his death, another look at the remarkable Leonard Cohen. Where does one begin when writing about Leonard Cohen? Is it with audacious student whose literary ability was astounding audiences while still an undergraduate at McGill; or with the boundary-pushing post-modern novels; or with the astonishing longevity of his music career? The… Continue reading ‘Emotion is Autobiographical’: Father-Son Relationships in the Writings of Leonard Cohen
How much courage did it take you to come today? Maybe it didn’t take much thought at all; you’ve heard God call you to something, found out about this event, and knew that nothing was going to get in your way in order to be here today. Perhaps you heard about this event and thought… Continue reading Women’s Vocations Day
I heard the story recently of a priest whose church features a list of the ten commandments on display. A visitor to the church was looking forlornly at the list and said to the priest: ‘I’ve broken all of these… oh, except murder’ he hastily added. To non-Christians, Christianity can often seem like a religion… Continue reading Seek The Lord And Live
*** I did an interview with Premier Christian Radio for their programme ‘Called To Be A Priest.’ I’m on from 15:58! Click here to listen. *** Simon Peter's washing his nets after a hard night's work. By all accounts, it’s been a frustrating night: he and his friends have caught nothing, despite all their hard work, despite… Continue reading God Is Calling
‘Theology is the hunch that love really is the meaning of everything.’[1] So began my first ever theology lecture. Did any of us fresh-faced eighteen year olds really know what we had signed up to in undertaking a theology degree? When our intimidating, almost maverick, lecturer asked us what we thought theology was, our timid… Continue reading A Hunch About Love
What if, along the way, we've picked up ideas about what it means to be a Christian woman that just aren't working? What if we're tangled up in beliefs about who we should or could be that might be holding us back from finding our feet as the women God has made up to be?'… Continue reading With Slightly Fewer Apologies, This Is Me
When I was 15 I was given an assignment in school to set the three goals I wanted to achieve by the time I left school at 18. I thought long and hard about what the three things were I wanted to achieve and came up with goals I thought were eminently achievable: the first… Continue reading There’s More To Life Than Life
I fear if I don't write this now, then I never will. I have kept putting it off because it's pretty hard to type when your eyes brim with tears. On Tuesday I was walking down the road and went to grab my cross and instead grabbed at air. It's still so raw, too raw, to… Continue reading I Love You, Vol. II
