D1 Lent 2022: The Choice

"I have set before you life and death,the blessing and the curse.Choose life, then" Deut 30: 15 - 20 There's a scene in the cult classic, The Matrix - where the protagonist Neo is offered a choice. "You take the blue pill... the story ends, you wake up in your bed and believe whatever you…

Ash Wednesday: Wholly, Wholly, Wholly

 These are my very raw and very personal Lenten 2022 reflections. Even now, says the LORD, return to me with your whole heart Joel 2:12 I dunno, this one hit me like sack of bricks. If you've read the meme - you know how around season 5 of most TV shows, the writers run out…

#2020MadeMeDoIt: Nineveh Ahoy

Disclaimer: This is going to be long and petulant because, well.. I'm still hurting. We're in early March 2021, and this was a long time coming, and it's another hard one to write ... mainly because my story is still being written, but 2020 was a gut punch that I'm still unpacking, emotionally and well,…

Taste and See that the Lord is Good

As YouTube is wont to do, it threw me up an interesting video - featuring Hillsong worship Leaders Darlene Zschech and Michael W Smith, and a bunch of others gathered together to worship God. I've seen it before, but as I was really ruminating on what aspect of the Eucharist I'd like to share about,…

Be Like Boo!

For those who don't know, I have a cat and her name is Boo. I haven't figured out my role in her life - I am either the god who provides or the food delivery agent who has to meet her angry demands. But she's had a great time during the lockdown. Like every guilt-ridden…

Spiritual lessons I have learnt from Watercolouring

Adrift on the waves of existential dread I decided to create talismans to help me keep my head above water. These talismans consist of me reminding myself of what God has been actively or loudly communicating to me through everything I am exposed to (all the Jesus material) and so, I decided to do pretty…

Has this Lockdown really changed my life?

In a few days/weeks the restrictions will be lifted and we will all burst from this forced isolation like birds from a cage. Many people spent their lockdown learning skills and building new relationships, mine was basically testing old relationships, dealing with an emergency crisis and of course, my old kryptonian nemesis, heartbreak. It wasn't…

Need to know

If they were doling out awards for: Most Productive During Quarantine, or Holy Roller of the Year or Most Faith Person of Pandemic 2020, undoubtedly, my name would not be one of the reckoning. However... If there were awards for: Fell into Past Sins, Binged out of Her Mind and Comfort Eating Marathons, Longest Wallow…