Darkness into light
Hitting the upload button on my last blog post felt like sending a tear-stained scribble of an SOS in a…
Musings from the mind of Jo
Postcard from the Edge
I write and speak openly about depression for a few reasons; I want to play my part in combatting stigma,…
The view from the pit
Things have been quiet around here for a while. I’ve just logged on and seen my last post was nearly…
One piece of a puzzle
Things in life don’t always fit together. It can be a mess of broken and missing bits, bits that look…
The Inner Ring
In Dialogue with C. S. Lewis I’m stinging with a thousand paper cuts today- a thousand tiny slights, some real,…
Hide and seek
I was reading the end of John’s gospel the other morning and something struck me in a way it hadn’t…
Learning from how we don’t study Austen
The Jane Austen Study Read “Pride and Prejudice”, chapter 14, 1st half of 4th paragraph. “Her indifferent state of health…
The difference between sympathy and empathy
A friend came up to me in that milling around bit after church when you half catch up with lots…
Being useful by being well
Have you ever come across that Christian poster that says something like, “If you were arrested for being a Christian,…
Unplugged
Apparently the post-holiday sense of well-being doesn’t last too long. We got back from the mountains above Evian two days…