Author: Helen Redfern

I will sing for the one I love a song about his vineyard: my loved one had a vineyard on a fertile hillside. He dug it up and cleared it of stones and planted...

I’ve left myself a lot to do here. I’ve misjudged the days. Run out of time. Really, I could do with two days left in this month, not just the one. Which is weird...

Song of Songs has proved to be a collection of love songs packed with joy and desire and mutual admiration. There is much to celebrate. These two young people have found love together. They...

I went down to the grove of nut trees to look at the new growth in the valley, to see if the vines had budded or the pomegranates were in bloom. Before I realised...

Being in love changes a person. You become besotted, obsessed with the one you love. You become blind to any flaws they may have. They seem completely perfect to you. You are in awe....

So when the young woman’s friends ask her where they can find the one she loves – Where has your beloved gone, most beautiful of women? Which way did your beloved turn, that we...

How is your beloved better than others, most beautiful of women? How is your beloved better than others, that you so charge us?  Song of Songs 5:9 So tell us what’s so special about...

We’ve had the joyous connection and the delicious afterglow – so what comes next? Well, it’s a dream. A dream of longing and loss that turns into a nightmare. I slept but my heart...