‘Thank you for the music: The songs I’m singing’
The sentiment and gratitude expressed in this song by ABBA have been, over the last 10 years, expressed and felt by hundreds of people with dementia, …
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Discovering a “Vulnerable” God in the Pandemic
Since March I and others like me have found ourselves mentioned regularly in the daily news reports – not by name but as a group who, it is …
A blog from Bishop Mark
I am sitting writing this reflection at Arpafeelie, the small settlement where I live. Arpafeelie consists of an Episcopal Church, the former rectory, …
Thinking about seasons
For many people, the time we are living in is very challenging, frustrating, and bleak. I was reminded of an international conference which FiOP was …
Faith, Hope and Charity: How Coronavirus Rekindled Community Spirit
As the bells chimed to bring in 2020, no-one could have imagined how the New Year was about to unfold. For many people what happens at the other side …
4 Things to take from Spring into Winter
Not Gardening – In early March someone appealed to my lazy soul and told me that merely by doing nothing, by letting my small lawn “just grow”, …