A Psalm before Ordination
O Lord you are full of wonder and majesty. Your creation is glorious, a glimpse of the outpouring of your goodness. As the wind moves...
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Tannoy
Have you ever wondered why supermarkets seem so ominous when you are little? The long cold aisles stretch into the distance, and the...
Turquoise
I keep wavering. Quivering, as if a querulous child has taken up residence within. It doesn’t seem to matter how much assurance I am...
Fairy Songs
Do you know what a raindrop is? A raindrop is a note sung by a fairy. Fairies are fond of frolics and mischief, but they are very...
Resolutions
It is new year’s day. The first day. Poignancy is in the air. The early setting sun to one side of me casts golden light onto the...
Caring
Shrinking and twisting with the pain of disease, she was vanishing before your eyes as the edges of life drew in. Her husband was kind in...
This is my body
A moment of curious holiness. Juxtaposition of beauty and brokenness. As the melody of the Agnus Dei surrounds my soul with calm, the...
The Valley of the Shadow
Today I knelt in church. I’ve never done that before. It felt a little odd, a little uncomfortable, the cushion not quite right and the...
Going Home
‘They’ve given me ten days’, he said. Large eyes looked out from a drawn and discoloured face, but the hands were calm, resting on the...
Unity
Intimacy of gathering. The unfathomable mystery of the other in a moment of vulnerability and pause, each unknowable soul brought...
Looking for God
God is everywhere. I never hear her, but sometimes it’s like she has reached down and pointed at something – gone ‘ta daa!’ or ‘just look...
Gifted
‘Are those wings?’ you ask, looking over my shoulder. ‘What?’ Caught off guard the question surprises me. Someone asked me that once...
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