Tag Archives: hope

A change is gonna come…

Posted on July 9, 2021 by Kath

It seems only right that there should be a blogpost reflecting on the end of the second year of my Spiritual Direction course, and I think, to headline where this might be going, that it might also signal the start … Continue reading →

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Stamping out some lies for Mental Health Awareness Week 2021…

Posted on May 14, 2021 by Kath

Apparently it is Mental Health awareness week, a week where we get to remind each other that our Mental Health is important. Where we say YES it is vital to take care of ourselves, to recognise what is going on … Continue reading →

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Resurrection Eggs

Posted on March 29, 2021 by Kath

A friend asked about our Resurrection Eggs on Instagram so here’s the file where I’ve put together what we do. We nicked the idea from countless others but the basic idea is we have some eggs into which go a … Continue reading →

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Advent 14

Posted on December 14, 2020 by Kath

It’s kind of felt like we have lived about 5 days today. Lockdown without being able to go for walks is not all that fun. Still. There was wonder to be found in all the lovely friends we have asking … Continue reading →

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Advent 5

Posted on December 5, 2020 by Kath

Wonder hunting on a weary day of pain. It was found in the blue sky glimpsed through parting clouds, in the joys of a Christmas garden centre trip with the youngest, the stack of books exchanged for more books at … Continue reading →

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Advent 2020. A different kind of Advent, same Emmanuel to walk with us…

Posted on November 30, 2020 by Kath

And so Advent slowly silently slips into the room. Yesterday we put our Christmas Tree up, I think the earliest we have ever done that. Yesterday I shed tears for the lack this year, for the grief, for the difference … Continue reading →

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On nurturing hope.

Posted on November 16, 2020 by Kath

I sat in the shed. Turned the laptop on and clicked the zoom link.  I wondered at what kind of strange world we live in where we conduct services through a screen. Thankful for the chance to connect despite the … Continue reading →

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Thoughts from a week off…

Posted on November 10, 2020 by Kath

I’ve had the last week off work, leaning into the space afforded by the 5 hours a day the boys are at school, enjoying the extra time to walk around the beautiful places near us, to read more books, to … Continue reading →

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Holy Week

Posted on April 6, 2020 by Kath

It’s Holy Week, lent is almost over and with Palm Sunday yesterday and Good Friday in a few days time we have this week between. A time where we sit and remember the events of over 2000 years ago, the … Continue reading →

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Advent 19

Posted on December 19, 2019 by Kath

It’s that time of year when I get to say we used to look like this: And now we look like this: Still smiling like goons. Today marks the end of our first decade together. 10 years ago we set … Continue reading →

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