Steph's Adventures

A fair amount of my creative output this year hasn't lasted as long as most of the paintings I produced last year; with the originals ha...

It has been a while since I posted any artwork on here, so here is my latest offering, in celebration of Pentecost. 

A week ago the church celebrated the feast of the Ascension, marking the end of God's presence on earth in human form, and we still have...

While others condemn her to burn in the fires of hell, I honestly believe Margaret Thatcher is probably in heaven. Anyone who knows me...

One positive side effect of our premature departure from Corrymeela was being able to walk Student Cross again during Holy Week. After an em...

It has been a very emotional couple of weeks. After a lot of soul-searching, prayer, thought and conversation, we made the difficult decis...

One of the joys of being here is being surrounded by the spectacular beauty of the coastline and the ever-changing sea. The poem below is in...

Last Monday most of the volunteers headed off for a trip to Derry / Londonderry. It was my third visit to the city in three weeks, which I a...

As someone who likes to travel, who enjoys visiting friends (and sometimes strangers) who relishes new experiences, I have experienced man...

The Corrymeela community has close links with Coventry Cathedral, and the volunteer house where we live is named Coventry house in honour of...

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...