Steph's Adventures

I am about to turn 40. And you know what? I am totally ok about it. I think there is some level of expectation that I should be facing it wi...

I haven't written very much poetry recently. I have, however, had the privilege of working with a very wonderful group of people to help...

In Genesis 18, Abraham and Sarah receive three visitors. They are welcomed: with water to wash their feet, freshly-baked bread and the killi...

"Adjusting to a new reality" was the title of the blog post I wrote in early April last year, the first I had written since the Co...

This is not a recent painting, (there aren't any of those because my creative output recently has been practically non-existent). But ...

Sharing another of my "Tuesday evening reflections" in case it's of interest to anyone: Today we reflect on John chapter 10 ve...

Looking back over recent posts, one aspect of life I don't think I've even mentioned is my "new" job working a few hours a...

As some of you will know I have often in recent years spent Holy Week walking to Walsingham with Northern Leg of Student and Pilgrim Cross. ...

Back in early February, with Ash Wednesday fast approaching, I decided I was not giving anything up for Lent this year.  Getting through win...

I don't often let twitter make me cry. But today the Home Secretary unveils her overhaul of the asylum system. I am spending too much of...

I write, you may have noticed, quite a lot of words. But as a whole year of global pandemic, restrictions and uncertainty rolls around I tho...

Back in the autumn, arts organisation Maokwo put out a call for participants to take part in a series of creative workshops exploring the th...

We live in a building that doesn't have a letterbox. That means that each day, the postman has to ring the doorbell.  Early on in the mo...

I spend a lot of time thinking about stories: about what stories we tell and how we tell them: about who tells those stories and to whom, an...

Today, the Sunday before Lent begins, the lectionary followed by many churches features the story of the Transfiguration. Although the text ...

I was recently trying to answer a question ... I can't remember exactly how it was worded, but the basic premise was why have you chosen...

Sometime I feel inspired with creative ideas. More often, I kind of want to do something creative but am short on ideas as to what to do or ...

This week has been the Week of Prayer for Christian Unity, a time always marked in Birmingham by #pray24brum, an event I have been actively ...

  Winter isn't, generally, my favourite time of year. That said, ever since I spent a year living somewhere the weather never really cha...

I am not really one for making new year's resolutions. This year, even more so. Equally I think there is a place for looking back and l...

On the last day of 2019 I went off on my own for a long walk along a very beautiful coast path in Cornwall before meeting back up with the g...