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Illness and Incarnation
My feet have been up for most of today. I had some minor surgery yesterday, and if I stand for too long, my bruised big toes start to throb. Did Jesus’ side wound throb when he had walked for too long? When he reached Emmaus was he holding on to the flesh above his hip,…
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Mobility Aids and Making the Best
My son looked at me deadly seriously last night and said ‘Mummy, I’m a bit worried about you, since lockdown you’ve turned into a Granny’. He’s not wrong. I was walking around in six layers, two of them crochet. Actually, I wasn’t walking, I was doing a kinda shuffle/hobble thing, which I’ve been doing for…
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A Prayer for Sunday 27th September 2020
God, so many are struggling. Today we thank you for the help. For medications, herbs, comfort food and nice warm drinks. Thank you. For mobility aids, weighted blankets, swiss balls and hot water bottles. Thank you. For Therapists, Support Workers, Pastoral Carers and darn good friends. Thank you. For your Spirit when all else fails,…
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A Prayer for Sunday 20th September 2020
God who creates, who created all things and inspires us to create with our own bodies, be with us now. Breathe new life into our weary souls, that we may be inspired afresh, and renewed to create again. May we reach beyond the limitations of what we know, explore beyond what is readily available, and…
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Breaking Up is Hard to Do
Sinaed O’Connor. No Doubt. Whitney. Love ’em all. The tears and the raised glasses of wine as we sing hopelessly out of pitch along to those powerhouses, putting into words and music our feelings of utter despondency and grief. Sugababes. Little Mix. Gloria. Raising the tempo. The high heels and the power dressing as we…
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Hildegard and I
Today is the Feast Day of St Hildegard, I picked up from Twitter this morning. I decided to make time to delve into my copy of her Scivias I had bought myself with my birthday spends, a nice reason to do so. Boy am I glad I did. So this woman was in a tough…
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