Do you feel you’re on an emotional rollercoaster as we navigate life through this pandemic? Some days you feel you’re thriving while other times you feel you’re barely surviving. You are not alone! We can experience so many emotions in the course of a day: anxiety and confusion, irritation, frustration and even anger. There is … Continue reading Emotional Rollercoaster?
Author: Lenna Lidstone
How clean are your hands?
As a child my hands were often in the dirt. I made mud pies and pottered in the garden. I would often be found burying the little mice and birds caught by my cat. In many ways, I was messy. If my mother got me ready early for a party, it was impossible for me … Continue reading How clean are your hands?
The Lights Turned Green And Everything Changed!
It had been a difficult day at school and I felt lousy. I loved my primary 2 class but I wasn’t a great teacher. In my enthusiasm I would get the children too excited and then I’d struggle to calm them down. Today they had run amok; I had lost my temper to no avail … Continue reading The Lights Turned Green And Everything Changed!
Happy Tail Syndrome
The price of dogs has rocketed during this pandemic - it seems lots of people want one. Working from home means they have the time to care for a dog and take it for walks. For anyone living alone a dog is a welcome companion. Dogs are enjoying having their owners at home more. Poor … Continue reading Happy Tail Syndrome
Follow the Son
I love to see the sunflower growing in my neighbour’s garden. I can't look at its sunny disposition and not smile. When we lived in Turkey we used to see whole fields of sunflowers. They need lots of sun! Not only do they look like the sun but they lift their heavy seed-laden heads and … Continue reading Follow the Son
Even the Sparrow Finds a Home
Psalm 84 is a psalm of longing - appropriate for me at this time, for I too am longing! I long for this pandemic to be over. I long to gather with God’s people. It’s not the building I miss but joining with the Living Stones, to sing, to hug and to fellowship. I’m tired … Continue reading Even the Sparrow Finds a Home
Fading Rainbows
This rainbow craze seems to have begun in Italy during their COVID-19 lockdown and spread via Facebook - a colourful cheer-up for worried and frightened people in the midst of a global pandemic. Somehow the symbol of sunshine after a storm felt appropriate to lift spirits and engender a sense of better things to come. … Continue reading Fading Rainbows
More Than A Song
On the first Sunday of Lockdown we read Psalm 137 - “By the rivers of Babylon...” a psalm of mourning as the people of God went into exile. That’s what it felt like for us. We, as a church community, were going into exile! Forbidden to gather, to sing, to hug - our church building … Continue reading More Than A Song
Black Lives Matter
Africans Matter For Our Christian Faith Many of the early church fathers were African. They wrote in Greek or Latin because of the common language of their day, but they were not white! Tertullian, a lawyer, was a gifted apologist who advocated for charismatic gifts and prophecy in the church. Origen was a great theological … Continue reading Black Lives Matter
Something has Changed.
Real People! My Zoom planning meeting had been scheduled for 4pm and I was ready for the call, but when one member couldn’t connect, it was postponed. As I closed my iPad, I heard some chatter coming from the street outside. I was shocked by my reaction. Speedily I made my coffee, grabbed a cushion … Continue reading Something has Changed.
