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You will be blessed in the city and blessed in the country

Stien – Happy Easter. These pictures were taken under the dark clouds of the last few months. One is in a city, large, sprawling, utilitarian, ugly. The other is in the countryside, near the top of a cliff overlooking the Giant’s Causeway. Both days before the rainbow appeared had been hard, under a cloud notContinue reading “You will be blessed in the city and blessed in the country”

“When we see you all our fears are washed away.”

Lianne: My 5 year old son came running into my bedroom in the middle of the night, scared frantically from a night terror. He was shaking, was so distressed he struggled to express what was going on. The fear had captivated him and it was like he was in a trance of panic.  As heContinue reading ““When we see you all our fears are washed away.””

Every thing works out for good…

BETTER THAN FIXING A BROKEN BOWL Stien Marlen 07/01/2025 Sometimes, with all the wisdom mustered – even on a good day – things go wrong. I used to think about the ideas behind the idea of ‘first do no harm’. I worked really hard not to make things worse than they were originally. I wasContinue reading “Every thing works out for good…”

Keep Going

Stien Marlen 30.12.23 Have you anything to show for all that you have done this year? Still here. Still moving, still speaking, still going? If there was nothing else to say, still standing is success. Step, step, step, walking towards the light, never just treading water. The race continues and we take our part. IfContinue reading “Keep Going”

Tightrope Walking With Chickens

Stien 12.6.22 I’ve always been a chicken. Not when it comes to doing physically demanding things, of course. I’m always happy to abseil a 70 ft viaduct or get in a helicopter and bungy jumping etc. will inevitably follow. The problem is that I’m a chicken in life when it comes to trusting God, talkingContinue reading “Tightrope Walking With Chickens”

A tree planted by streams of water

Lianne – 1.1.22 So I thought I’d kick off the new year with one of my favourite (yet challenging) scriptures. I remember hearing one of the most challenging talks when I was 16, by Pastor Mulinde at a prayer conference in Uganda and oh how this word has stayed with me – the call toContinue reading “A tree planted by streams of water”