Three Reasons to Give to Others
Some people seem to be naturally giving – one of our kids will happily give away most of his bank account if he thinks it’s for a good cause. But for others it is...
Category: love
Why I Think About Perceptions
I am often thinking about perceptions. By that I mean, what impression am I giving people? What example am I displaying? What am I implying by what I do and say? In the Oxford...
The Best Book I’ve Read All Year
I can’t believe it was mid-July that I last blogged! This Summer has been a frenzy of activity – we joined in outreach and worship with Celebration for the Nations, a local festival of...
A Passage to Memorise: Love is…
I usually put a verse to memorise on here, but this is such a good passage! It is so filled with helpful stuff that I have got my son and daughter to memorise it...
What To Do When Someone Irritates You
Have you ever been irritated by someone? Recently my 7 year old son was being ‘extra-mean’ quite consistently. So one evening I went up to his bedroom and asked him what it was all...
Really Loving
We have just been on a great holiday in Holland. While we were there we took the children several times to the swimming pool which was hard work but also a lot of fun....
Why be Holy?
I loved reading this the other day in Your God is Too Safe by Mark Buchanan: ‘The goal of the disciplined life is love: to more and more live in and live out the...
Nothing Can Separate Us from God’s Love… & UK Fellowship Friday
When I was 19 years old I went to university for the first time. It was the University Of Dundee, in Scotland – 500 miles away from my parents. Once they had dropped me...
A Deeper Understanding Of The Love Of God
The other night my husband asked the question at a Bible study, ‘If you surrendered your life for God what would be the worst thing that could happen to you?’ And of course the...
