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Snakeshead lilies and daffodils in the Forest of Dean, made famous by the brilliant TV series The Change. Last week...
Baby tomato plants! Mtt 5:31-32 ‘It was also said, “Whoever divorces his wife, let him give her a certificate of...
It’s been a while… but Spring has sprung and it’s time to write again. Luke 4:1-13 The temptation of Jesus...
Nothing from my garden today, but a thing of beauty all the same: sweets from Tunisia! My reading for this...
A fish from my pond that was a victim of fluctuating temperatures. I wrote this before my father passed away,...
I wrote this post just before my precious dad died. He was an inspiration; passionate about justice and a brilliant...
A splash of colour on a not-so-recent walk. I recently gave a reflection at a weekend retreat, the theme of...
This used to be a Hügelkultur bed, but that didn’t really work, so I’ve taken it apart and turned it...
Compare these to the tomatoes of a few weeks ago back, click here The slugs in my garden have had...
I think it looks like a graveyard, now that the sunflowers have been harvested. People talk about feeling the love...
Autumn in all her glory! I found myself quite angry this morning as I read the story of Paul’s encounter...
If you are in the mood for a little ‘spiritual gardening’ you might like to try to following exercise, in...
A perfect spinach seedling. The other morning, I was reading the beautiful passage Philippians 2:1-11 about how Christ: did not...
Amethyst deceivers + puff balls, autumn chanterelles + hedgehog mushrooms, and inkcaps, collected in a nearby forest. This is a...
The cracks are where the light shines through. I am so grateful to Brian Maclaren for writing his most recent...
Rescued from the slugs, but will they ripen before they rot? The creeds of the church were written to summarize...
Mushrooms on moss – how gorgeous! When they bring you before the synagogues, the rulers, and the authorities, do not...
These are the first fruits of the apple and pear trees I planted five years ago – patience is a...
This is one of the eight salamanders I saw in the forest earlier this week! My last post was about...
I love spiders. This one seemed to be suspended in mid-air. If your eyesight is good, you might be able...
Some chanterelles we hunted down last year I’ve been reading a fascinating book by Keith Giles called The Quantum Sayings...
Who’s doing the accompanying? In the past, spiritual accompaniment, or spiritual direction as it is also known, has largely been...
This lucky one escaped the slugs. I shocked and horrified a colleague the other day by explaining that my approach...
This is a reflection written for the start of Creationtide with the theme of water, based on the following passages:...
Freshly harvested coriander seeds. These prayers were inspired by the reading for last Sunday’s service: Ephesians 6:10-20 Heavenly father, at...
Straining the juice Beautiful patterns in the nascent jelly We went foraging a lot when I was a child, for...
This year, my fig tree is producing lots of fruit. Unfortunately for me, the birds in my garden also have...
My first-ever baby cucumber! I have been meaning to put together a simple form of morning and evening prayer for...
My daughter finds deep symbolism in the stressed-looking mother opossum carrying her babies around, and felt the need to express...
My compost heap has gradually been working on me. I no longer pull out the pervasive weeds that invade my...
Limax maximus: slugs are my enemies, but this is a fabulous specimen, and, after all, we are called to love...
When my children were small, I felt that in order to be a ‘good mother’ I ought to take them...
Fenugreek seeds The following is a reflection on Matthew 13:33 that I gave in May 2023, inspired by the work...
We sang the hymn Eternal father strong to save at church this evening. According to Wikipedia, it was written in...
Slugs 1 – 0 Inner Gardener I am often tempted to idealise nature. However, after a recent trip to the...
This is a prayer based on Psalm 1, which is my favourite. God of creation, beautiful, nourishing and wild, Make...
These are prayers from this morning, based on the lectionary readings Ephesians 1:2-14, Mark 6:14-29 and Psalm 24. Blessed are...
Anyone who knows me knows that tea is essential to my well-being. I don’t want to take it for granted,...
This reflection on Matthew 15:21-28 was inspired by feminist readings of the story of Jesus’ encounter with the Canaanite woman....
I wrote this reflection on Revelation 12:1-6 at the beginning of the year, inspired by the work of J. Denny...
Reflecting on the fact that the people most impacted by climate change are the ones who have done least to...
My daughter was inconsolable after witnessing the murder of a blackbird by a Magpie. I tried to console her a...
I was deeply struck by this verses from Joel (2:21-22), and wondered how to interpret them for our times. Here...
A short piece of liturgy inspired by Revelation 12:1-5 A great portent appeared in heaven: a woman clothed with the...
Some simple intercessions in case you need some ideas… As we wander in the luscious vineyards, taste the grapes and...
Here is my reimagining of Ignatius’ meditation on the Two Standards Imagine you are at a crossroads in your life....
This is a reflection on two of the lectionary readings for ‘Proper 4’: Psalm 139 and 2 Corinthians 4:5-12. With...
Ignatius of Loyola wrote his Principle and Foundation in the 16th century. Here follows my riff on theme God so...
This is a reflection on Luke 8:40-56, with thanks to Ched Myers for his work in Binding the Strong Man...