Tempest

When simple words don’t seem to serve justice to the depth of darkness that depression brings, perhaps a metaphor will better suffice, will give a better picture of how it really feels. Like a storm, a hurricane, like being lost out at sea, surrounded by a flood of apathy and despondency, or caught in a…

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Echoes of Christ: Sacrificial Love in Narnia and The Lord of the Rings

Following on from my recent blog post Echoes of Christ: Sacrificial Love in Our Favourite Stories, where I had fun talking about Harry Potter and Christian imagery, and my following post in which I spoke about Doctor Who, I thought I’d turn to a couple of the most familiar and beloved fantasy stories. The Chronicles…

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Echoes of Christ: Sacrificial Love in Doctor Who

Following on from my recent blog post Echoes of Christ: Sacrificial Love in Our Favourite Stories, where I had fun talking about Harry Potter and Christian imagery, I thought I’d turn to another story that I particularly enjoyed spending my time in when I was younger, Doctor Who. In case you missed the last blog…

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Echoes of Christ: Sacrificial Love in our Favourite Stories

I have always love tracing the narrative of the Bible and the theme of self-sacrificial love through the stories that I read, watch and hear. Over the next few days I’d love to share some of my favourite stories in which I’ve seen Christ’s self-sacrificial love echoed most clearly.

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40 Million Voices

During the past few months of interning with International Justice Mission my eyes have been opened to the extent to which modern slavery pervades and threatens our world. I’ve written a little reflection on how this interacts with my faith. It’s probably not got enough structure to be called a poem, but I hope that it might be insightful all the same.

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Weary

‘How are you?’ I hear, The question with which most conversations begin. ‘I’m tired’ I say, A whole thesaurus of words ready for when I’m feeling more creative. Exhuasted, run down, burnt out ‘Knackered’ as we say up north Spent, drained, shattered, weary. Weary is the one that seems to encompass it all. Weary of…

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How Long?

Scrolling down the news last night, it felt easy to despair. Pandemic aside, the headlines spoke of shootings in Vienna, Ethiopia, Kabul, beheadings in Mozambique. All in the last couple of days. Coupled with the frustration that any news outside the West seems to be deemed less important to Western ears, I was astonished at…

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Bends in the Road

As a Christian I firmly believe that God has a plan for this world and that he has a plan for us as individuals too. Despite the struggles that come with this I do believe great comfort and freedom can be found in letting God take the driving seat in our lives. Yet one verse…

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Captive in Iran, a Biography Club Book Review

Recently, a friend and I began a biography book club. This is the first book we read together, and what a book to start with! Captive in Iran is an inspiring and incredibly insightful autobiography from two women who were unjustly arrested and held in prison in Tehran simply for following Jesus. Here are a few ways in which this book has impacted me.

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