If there’s on thing I know about, it’s sleep deprivation. If I had a pound for every person who told me “You know, they use sleep deprivation as a form of torture!”, I’d be a very rich woman. Our son … Continued
I have a confession to make. I never believed in Santa. I loved Christmas and we had stockings (in fact I insisted on one till I was married when my husband took over the job!) but the Santa myth, while … Continued
It’s been so warm here until the last few days that it seems weird that Christmas is in LESS THAN A MONTH!!! I mean, there are still leaves on the trees. But the calendar doesn’t lie. Three years ago, I … Continued
We all want to pray for our children, right? Whether they be our biological children, our grandchildren, Godchildren or a friend’s brood, these little ones need our prayers. But where to start? And how to remember to lift them up … Continued
Next Saturday night, two days after the official American Thanksgiving, we will once again be holding our own annual Thanksgiving dinner. credit: carbon NYC Why do we do this? We have no American relatives, although we do have a handful … Continued
I’m going to hazard a guess that, as a person of faith, you’re actually glad the Son of God came and walked amongst us. I suspect you’re OK with the whole concept of the God of the Universe humbling himself … Continued
I’m going to be trying to post twice a week on this blog; once in a longer reflective or topic-based post and once to give you a recommendation of a resource that I’ve found useful. And this one’s a corker. Back … Continued
On Saturday just past, we held our annual Christening tea at my parents’ house. Even before we baptised Pigwig, I had dreamt of an annual gathering where we could gather the Godparents to pray for our daughter (and later, our … Continued
There are lots of great (and a few not so great) children’s’ bibles and bible story books out there. I’m sure you have some on your own shelves. What small children can miss out on though is the key truths … Continued
I first wrote this post in 2011. I was preparing for a talk at our church called “Potties, Prayer and Playmobil” which was all about exactly the kind of things I want to discuss on this blog – praying with tiny … Continued
