Steph's Adventures

Over the last week I have been thinking a fair amount about walking. It was the theme for this year’s week of prayer for Christian Unity w...

They say a picture is worth a thousand words. Perhaps, surrounded by millions of photos and images with which we are now constantly bombar...

A distant star In the blackness of night A fragile twinkle Of shimmering silver light A light the eyes can barely see And ...

This latest poem has been work in progress for a week or so, having been primarily inspired by a very blustery walk in spectacular surroundi...

I have always thought of myself as an optimist and would guess that most who know me would probably agree that, more often than not, I am a ...

The observant among you will have noticed that, since leaving the Philippines, and more recently arriving in Northern Ireland, the frequen...

A path well-trodden Stone with footsteps worn Journeys shared With those before Those now And others yet to come A path well...

And so we have arrived, in Corrymeela on the North Coast of County Antrim, our home for the next year. Somewhat to our surprise, the weat...

It is two months since we left the Philippines, and having packed a fair amount into the summer, the last adventure is already beginning t...

With this blog now counting over 35000 words, any one still reading deserves my heartfelt congratulations! Thank you for being, in some way...

Charity is something I struggle with. I acknowledge its necessity in a world where injustice and poverty persist and I recognise the posit...

At DBTC the badminton court is currently out of action: this is partly because termites are steadily munching their way through the floor ...

Whilst there are undoubtedly things poverty covets from our wealth, there are also many things our wealth could also learn from poverty: n...

For nearly nine months, Cebu has been home. Now, as we think about heading back to the UK, it is time to remind ourselves how many of the th...

As you are probably aware, I have been reflecting on the story of the garden of Eden for some time, and have written quite a lot on the sub...

Being on the other side of the world, I have, thankfully, been spared much of the hype surrounding the queen’s jubilee celebrations, but now...

This is the third part of my reflections on the Garden of Eden story, which I once again invite you to reflect on, or ignore, as you prefe...

Aware that I have written quite a few lengthy posts recently, I decided it was time to cut down on the words and put some pictures up instea...

A few weeks ago I published a blog post reflecting on catholicism , and its challenging call to a faith which pertains to everything; so i...

This is the next instalment of my theological ramblings about genesis, which I invite you to read or ignore! Even now, some of the Old T...

Happy Pentecost! Pentecost is a celebration of many things, but for me, I think it is mainly a celebration of universality; it is abou...

A 4.30am start last Monday morning did feel a little on the early side, but it did mean that even though it was a three hour bus journey to ...

As part of the English programme, we asked all the junior students to write their own autobiography. It was a project which seemed to re...