Steph's Adventures

A young family on an enforced journey Through weary days and fear-filled night But in the midst of a bewildering message from God A g...

The Old Testament story of Sodom is not necessarily the most obvious choice of a text to reflect on for a Christian pacifist: God destroyin...

Those of you who read this blog regularly will know I quite like writing poetry. Beginning to share my writing here was something of a l...

We have now been at Carrs Lane for well over two years and I think it is safe to say we have learned a lot along the way. There hav...

Names are important. They are the words by which we make sense of the world. They are tied up in history, and religion, and culture. They ...

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...