Creating a Good Feeling in the Room I watched a programme some time ago about an interior designer. As it’s not a world I know anything about, it was fascinating to discover how you arrange your seating, the furniture you use, the colours and fabrics of a room can all come together to create a […]

The Search for Hope If there is a commodity that the world is lacking at the present time, it’s this word ‘hope.’ Every time we turn on the news, check our phones or check out what’s happening in the world, there are wars and conflicts, there are bewildering climate events and destructive storms. Young people, […]

Some Book Recommendations from 2025 Happy New Year everyone! It’s the time in the blog’s life cycle that I make a few reading recommendations about books I have enjoyed during the past year. Some are spiritual, some are fiction, and they cover quite a range of topics. The one thing they share in common, is […]

Home Communions and Prayer Quilts Horrible news reached us on Sunday about a devastating attack on the Jewish Community at Bondi Beach in Sydney as they gathered to celebrate the feast of Hannukah. To date, 16 people have died, and there are many others seriously injured and critically ill in hospital. Events like this remind […]

Making Invitations Meaningful Many of us will have experienced social occasions where we sometimes feel ill at ease. Maybe it’s because we don’t know many people there and we feel a bit shy or awkward about striking up conversation with people we don’t know very well. Sometimes, too, we struggle when we don’t quite know […]