Steph's Adventures

For nine years, during my time at Carrs Lane and slightly beyond it, I was committed to a routine of public prayer; in person and later onli...

I have always aspired for this blog to be a relatively honest reflection of life: not the sugar-coated version of reality that social media ...

During our residential last week we had a lot of fun, but we also shared and heard about difficult subjects and were reminded that the polit...

Not content with the dreadful anti-refugee laws they introduced last year, the government are at it again with their even more hideously awf...

Today was due to be a relatively busy day: a school visit, followed by the stories group, together with making sure everything was finalised...

I was about to start this post by saying 'the last couple of months have been exceptionally busy', but stopped myself on the basis t...

I've recently come back from a few days away in the beautiful Derbyshire countryside and it probably says something about what a short b...

Despite being only a short text, Matthew 5: 13 - 16 gives us two powerful images. Hot on the heels of the beatitudes, it continues to explor...

My faith is very important to me but church ... I often struggle with church. When I first moved out from Carrs Lane, I continued to exist o...

This weekend was #pray24brum, Birmingham's celebration of the week of prayer for Christian Unity, with the theme "Do Good, Seek Jus...

Generally, I love Christmas carols and am prepared to park my reservations about the frankly dubious theology in many of them, and sing alon...

One of our conversations on New Year's eve evening, prior to the street erupting into slightly bonkers fireworks, was about looking back...

When I started reading my third book of the year, I decided it might be interesting to keep a record of what I had read: and whether or not ...

This week, it was my turn to lead our bible reflection. We usually reflect on the following Sunday's gospel, but, it being Christmas, I ...

I am on the move again... because just before Christmas is an eminently sensible time to do that, right? This time I am moving into the hous...

A little over a year ago I wrote  a post about a "typical" week in my life , or if not a typical one then at least a randomly sele...

This blog post first came about after a conversation (quite some months ago now) with a very good friend for whom I have a huge amount of re...

It is just over a year since I signed the contract on this flat (the anniversary was Wednesday), and slightly less since I moved in. This ha...

For the past nine years, the life of the Carrs Lane Lived Community revolved around a rhythm of daily prayer. There was, over that time, som...

A couple of weeks ago, in a prayer book I came across a prayer which included the words "The Kindom of God". I don't remember ...