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Like me, you probably love Palm Sunday. I mean, who doesn’t love donkeys. They are such stoic, beautiful, thoughtful animals. No wonder people are keen to adopt them. Alongside the Palm Sunday Donkey, and the one that Mary rode, another famous Donkey is….. yes…. Eeyore. More than just a cartoon donkey, he is surprisingly fullContinue reading “On Donkeys”

Today is Thursday. There is general agreement that our word “Thursday” stems from the Norse god Thor. We associate Thor with thunder, storms, sacred trees and strength. Whilst I don’t believe in Norse mythology, I do find it useful to consider mythical characters and the rhetoric previous cultures have built about our world. These storiesContinue reading “Thursday”

A few Sundays back I wasn’t at church. Instead I was in Barcelona, running. I wasn’t running alone, I was with my husband and some friends. In fact there were almost 19000 of us, gathered to run the Barcelona Half Marathon, gathered to run just for the sake of it. Half of those running weren’tContinue reading “Run”

Swim

Saturday morning I was lying in bed, mentally drafting the prayers for today. Nothing felt right. Naturally my prayers all had some connection to what was happening around us, as a society caught up in a scary pandemic. But I realised, I was tired of talking and thinking about it. I needed a break. LuckilyContinue reading “Blessed Be”

In the book I am reading there is a beautiful description of an experience many of us have had. When I read it I could easily envisage it myself. Its that moment when you are on a train, maybe your head is leaning against the window. You are gazing out at the countryside watching theContinue reading “Perspective”