Steph's Adventures

This particular poem has been a work in progress for quite some time. Well that's not strictly accurate; for most of that time it was s...

Some time ago I wrote this poem: http://stepsadventures.blogspot.co.uk/2013/10/i-can-i-will-i-am.html A few weeks ago I used it as the st...

A few years back in Taize, during a week in silence, we were invited to reflect on which facet of Jesus we most identified with. This was ...

It's been a while, so I guess it must be high time for another blog post! Especially as I certainly have no shortage of things I would...

"Everyone has the right to seek and to enjoy in other countries asylum from persecution" Universal Declaration of Human Rights ...

A spirit’s breath A wind of love That chases leaves Under shifting canopies Of dappled light Through wise old trees ...

In September, The Church at Carrs Lane will host the URC's national "multicultural day" as part of which churches are invit...

The third, and final (for now) installment of my students' stories. I hope others find them as inspiring as I do. I hope they stand as...

More of my students' stories: I come from Sudan. I was born in Sudan in 1983. I lived in Sudan 24 years, and 3 years in Kuwait for wo...

Today is World Refugee Day and, in the UK, the end of Refugee Week . These dates are partly about drawing attention to an issue that, with ...

And then there were the pictures. The pictures below are not a recent piece of work. So much so that they predate me entering the world of...

University feels a very long time ago (maybe because it is). But way back then I lived with a group of people who, even now, when I talk ...

I have never thought of myself as a big city person. One of the aspects of moving here I was less than sure about was how much I would enjoy...