Hidden Lives 2: Lost in the crowd….
Here’s the second of my assemblies on urban refugees – to see the refugees in the UK, visit Hidden Lives. London, Birmingham, New York, Nairobi, Bangkok, Kuala Lumpur, Port au Prince……..these are just...
Monthly Archive: April 2015
Hidden Lives 1: If I were a photographer….
I’m not ready to move on from the subject of refugees yet. If it is to be one of the main issues of the upcoming election, then it is worth more reflection. Some of...
The whole mother-in-law, daughter-in-law thing……
I’m new to the whole mother-in-law, daughter-in-law thing. I’ve only been a mother-in-law for ten days. And it’s been easy so far. I’ve known my daughter-in-law since she was 15. She’s grown up around...
Lighting a candle for someone I love……….
I felt I couldn’t write this piece yesterday with it being Easter Sunday. Easter Sunday is all about joy and resurrection and new life. Although the reality for many people – and some people...
Love and Justice in Migration? Or are we too scared?
We rarely question the movement of people when we read biblical stories. It goes without comment in the story of Jesus, Mary and Joseph that they travel from Nazareth to Bethlehem and then on...
Always remember there’s a back story…..
In the days when the judges ruled, there was a famine in the land. So a man from Bethlehem in Judah, together with his wife and two sons, went to live for a while...
It’s time to slow down…..
The first of April…the start of a new chapter. My son’s wedding has been and gone – now I have a wedding-shaped hole in my to do list. All my crazy challenges for the...
