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Safeguarding Sunday
Yesterday (19th November 2023) was Safeguarding Sunday, a day marked for reflecting on safeguarding across churches in the UK. I spoke for The Ordinary Office, sharing my thoughts and a bit of my expertise in the issue. Here is the text below: Today is Safeguarding Sunday. We talk an awful…
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Living Peace
The cries for peace are strong right now. Israel/Palestine, Russia/Ukraine, Syria, Iran, multiple African nations … all are in conflict and the world feels shaken to its very core. The truth is, warfare across the globe at any one time is nothing new. Our current capacity to extend them internationally…
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Respectfully, I disagree …
My husband and I are very different people. We love, value and respect each other wholeheartedly. He is from the South, I the North East. He likes the stinkiest, pongiest cheeses he can get his hands on, I’m a mild cheddar girl. To him, David Boreanaz will always be Angel,…
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There are no words.
I have been watching with horror as the Church of England safeguarding set-up has come crumbling down. I have been viewing with dismay as survivors inflict pain instead of holding space. I have been trying without success to form a response. I have been exhausted by the burden of both…
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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…
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Safeguarding Souls, not Standings
As a Music Therapist, as a Teacher, as a volunteer in faith circles, I have lived and breathed safeguarding for almost twenty years. I am the kind of person who overthinks every conversation, who always worries if I did the best I could and who is anxious about the consequences…
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Finding your Place
From the age of five or six I have been a musician. I had an exceptional primary music education, with two passionate teachers leading choirs, recorder groups and more. From the age of seven I have been a pianist, and from the age of ten a wind player. At the…
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When Nothing Feels Enough – I AM
I may not be able to run any more. But I remember vividly when I did run, training for the Great North Run. I pushed myself so hard, but never seemed to reach my training goals. I got so fed up, frustrated, and probably got in my own way more…
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International Women’s Day 2023
I have some incredible women in my life. Before I even started to write today, I reflected on them all and realised just how blessed I have been by women. Women who live all over the UK, and even beyond. Women who send me little gifts when they see things…
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Crawling towards Justice
As someone living with Chronic Fatigue I understand the gifts in moving slowly. Taking time and care to make sure what I plan to do fits with my capacity. Only setting off down a path once I am confident I can make it there – and back. Carrying only what…
Deconstructing Church 