The Beatitudes for a Global Pandemic

As I was praying this morning and asking God to give me words for those who need them, this was the word I was given – Joy! How on earth you might be wondering, do we find Joy right now in the midst of tragedy, lockdown, enforced solitude, financial worry, worry for loved ones, and…

I was sitting at the computer getting really fed up with its latest trick of switching itself off if I so much as blink. It was causing stress, as it often does. I’m not really a lover of technology although I use it a lot and it certainly causes me more stress than pen and…

As I sat for my quiet time this morning I felt the quietness closing in. It’s never that quiet. There are always the distant sounds of cars taking people to work or children to school, usually there are birds in the garden chirruping as they settle on the feeders; but this morning there was nothing….

Someone on Facebook asked can you name one good thing to come out of self-isolation, lock down and shielding? There were lots of positive answers I’m pleased to say. This is my answer. I watched as the female osprey at the Glaslyn and Dyfi nests returned from Africa and waited anxiously for their long standing…

David and I have been enjoying a 2.9 mile walk most days as a form of exercise. We walk towards Little Crosby village and around the wood wall clockwise. Many of you will know the route. The reason we go clockwise is so that we can see the oncoming traffic and step out when safe…

I feel like I should be there by now. There in the place that is the new normal, there in the lifestyle that this world demands right now, there contentedly in the solitude and freedom of my home and workplace, there where God is leading us to. But, you know something, I’m not! I’m still…