faith

WHERE IS GOD?

WHERE IS GOD?

The news reports can leave us wondering where is God in the midst of it all. Thoughts turn to the war in Ukraine and my extended family’s heritage. There are no answers as to why God seems distant, but lament is a way we can process our anger, grief and doubt.

DESIRE - Do we run from it, bury it or listen to it?

DESIRE - Do we run from it, bury it or listen to it?

In a world of extremes, desire can seem a dangerous thing. In Christian circles, desire may have been warned against and stifled. How are we to view the desires that lay in the depths of our hearts? Do we trust them, believing they lead us into a fuller life, or continue to suppress and deny them?

COPING WITH ANXIETY

COPING WITH ANXIETY

When life is travelling along the rails we have set out for ourselves, the plans we have made, under the control we exert over our schedules, we feel all is well.  It is when the train jumps the tracks and we experience the unexpected that fear and anxiety may rise up to meet us. I have a story to tell of how the simple practise of breath prayer tamed my anxiety, and helped me to focus on the present.