Steph's Adventures

Reflections and ramblings

Thursday, 22 May 2014

Holidaying close to home

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One of the realities of the life we have currently chosen is a lot more of our time is geographically tied to this location. A commitmen...
Saturday, 17 May 2014

Buying happiness

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One notable difference about living in the city centre compared to other places we have lived is that, instead of being surrounded by other ...
Wednesday, 30 April 2014

Resurrection Days

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And this is Love That great white light Who dares Exhale A fragile breath Which reaches out Through time and space An...
Tuesday, 22 April 2014

Gratitude

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A friend of mine is currently trying (and maybe I should add, almost four months in, succeeding) to blog about something she is grateful fo...
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Thursday, 10 April 2014

The value of the collective

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Just under a week ago, I fasted as part of the National Fast Day for End Hunger Fast campaign. It was not my only day of fasting this lent a...
Friday, 4 April 2014

Hungry

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Today I am hungry. I am hungry by choice. Around me, thousands have not made that choice. But they are hungry too. And probably not just...
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Friday, 28 March 2014

Walking the Way of the Cross

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I guess it could be said that this blog post has been more than two years in the making. Certainly, the paintings of the Stations of the ...
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Monday, 24 March 2014

Inside the institution

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I would suggest that one of our deepest human desires, or perhaps even needs, is to belong. We yearn to be part of something bigger than our...
Sunday, 2 March 2014

For the love of Taize

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In a couple of weeks we welcome one of the brothers of the TaizĂ© community to join us in an evening of prayer at the church here. In an att...
Saturday, 22 February 2014

A rollercoaster ride

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Like all  good new year's resolutions, my intention to keep my blog more up to date this year lasted until precisely half way through Ja...
Saturday, 18 January 2014

A Spirit of Hospitality

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  Of the values we committed to when starting out in our current adventure in community life, I think the 'spirit of hospitality'...
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Sunday, 12 January 2014

Those Epiphany Moments

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I know, Epiphany has been and gone. If I was organised, I'd have had this ready to post on Monday: but I'm not and it wasn't. B...
Wednesday, 25 December 2013

A Song of Prophets and Angels

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It's Christmas time when angels sing Their song of offered joy And prophets call in desert lands Their hope-filled words deploy ...
Wednesday, 18 December 2013

I am here

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And following on from my previous post... Having struggled to put into words my experience of St Chad's Sanctuary, I wondered if poetr...
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Sunday, 15 December 2013

I was a stranger and you made me welcome ...

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As part of our community agreement, we have made an active commitment to volunteering in the city: "Living as a Christian Community...
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Monday, 9 December 2013

A sense of anticipation

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Although it is now December, and we are well into the Season of Advent, it is not yet Christmas. I say this as a reminder to all those who m...
Saturday, 30 November 2013

Thoughts about Andrew

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I would like to wish you all a very Happy St Andrew's day! I can claim no Scottish connections, so this may seem like a slightly odd o...
Saturday, 9 November 2013

Wearing my (white) poppy with pride

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At the moment, I am wearing a white poppy. It is a conscious choice and one which I am happy to explain and defend and justify. Around me, m...
Tuesday, 22 October 2013

I can, I will, I am

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It's the inevitable question when you go somewhere new, start a job, meet a new group of people ... so, tell us a bit about yourself....
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Tuesday, 15 October 2013

Eid Mubarak!

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Today Muslims are celebrating the feast of Eid al-Adha, or the "festival of sacrifice" which is (at least as I understand it) thei...
Sunday, 6 October 2013

Early Days

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When I clicked to edit this as-yet-unpublished blog post, the first sentence began, "We are now into our second week of community life....
Friday, 27 September 2013

A Child Called Hope

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My previous post mentions hope: hope from situations that act as a reminder that there is another way and hope form inspiring people who ma...
Wednesday, 18 September 2013

Holding on to the hope

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Over recent months many of you will know about two things which have happened: one, I have moved into a new Christian Community; two, I have...
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