Life Update Dec 2025

December 1st marked the start of a new role, with a new boss, in a new but familiar setting. I began my role as Associate Pastor at the wonderful Armagh City Vineyard, assisting my dear friend and exceptional Pastor, Lynne Archer. If you had suggested this 6 months ago, I would have had many reactions,Continue reading “Life Update Dec 2025”

self care

  Alarm bells go off in my soul when I’m at the end of my tether.  This is their sound. One, overwhelming tiredness that looks like loosing my thought mid-sentence and not even realising I’ve stopped talking. Two, that awful whirring feeling inside like I’m on a hamster wheel and can’t get off because THERE’SContinue reading “self care”

I dreamt of being … #bringbackourgirls

When I was a teenager many moons ago I dreamt of being a wife and a mum. Unpopular choice in the liberated eighties when young girls like me where encouraged and told that we could have it all; career, friends, car, holidays, husband and children eventually. What I never, ever comprehended to be possible, neverContinue reading “I dreamt of being … #bringbackourgirls”

In the tent: I need you

Father I’m in an agitated mood.  I feel irritated and annoyed under the surface.  I wouldn’t call it frustration.  I’m not depressed. But I’m not at peace. I’m not at rest in my soul.  I need you Jesus. Come and still me. But what if part of this is you stirring the waters? What ifContinue reading “In the tent: I need you”

India here I come

We leave for India first thing Wednesday morning. I’m almost packed. The laundry for all 5 of us is close to complete. Tomorrow’s to-do list is standing by. Passports. Visas. Money & cards. Insect repellent. Innoculations. Talks almost there. And then this morning I realised that I had omitted a very important detail – weContinue reading “India here I come”