Accepting help from the divine gardener? Six-thirty a.m. and peace and quiet is mine! I’m having my prayer time early in the morning before the rest of the family surfaces, sitting in my favourite red armchair, with a view onto a tree at the side of the house. As I read a Psalm and glance …
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On the humble bumble (a devotional)
A new discovery on bumblebee behaviour has got me thinking… I think sometimes that as Christians we grow so familiar with a passage of scripture that it can lose its impact on us. We enjoy hearing a well-known verse in a different translation, as the meaning catches us again, like a joking friend who’ll pounce …
Birdsong (a devotional)
A member of one my adult education classes is in the high-risk category during this lockdown and has been told in a letter that she can have her window open a short way – the extent of her freedom (though if she owned a very spacious garden I believe she could use it at her …
Worship during Lockdown
I’m rethinking my perfect surroundings for worship - what's needed, what's desirable, and what we can manage without, for a time. Perhaps what I love most about my church (One Church, Dover) is our times of worship, when up to around 200 people are drawing close to God together, and singing out heartfelt praise. …
‘Gospel Voices’ is out there!
Just a quick update to let you know that Gospel Voices is now reaching customers. The lockdown had slowed things down but copies are getting through quickly at last! I would encourage you to order through my publishers, Faithbuilders. Thank you. I hope you enjoy!
Gospel Voices – obtaining your copy
December,2020 Gospel Voices is available from many outlets now: Faithbuilders, Waterstones, Blackwells and Scroll Eaters, to name but a few. I have some author copies at home too, so feel free to contact me... I love hearing from readers! Don't forget to leave a review on the website that you buy from. (If you buy …
Corona Crisis – a personal response
‘It’s the end of the world as we know it… and I feel fine.’ The words of R.E.M. in 1987, but I don’t agree. Firstly, it’s not ‘the end of the world’ – this time will pass, we’ll deal with the bruises to our sense of what’s right, our sense of security in this world, …
Writing for The Upper Room
I have enjoyed reading all the comments on my posts for The Upper Room today - I feel like I've found many new friends! Thank you everyone! It's a website I'm really going to enjoy using myself as well as writing for. I'll add links to my posts below. I'll also give you their writers' …
Success or sell-out? My journey into print
This week sees the publication of my first book, Badger Clan. It hasn’t been the most straightforward journey, which is why I’ve decided to write about it here. I hope my experiences will be of use to one or two of my readers. The material in my memoir is mainly from 2015. Why has …
Good Friday reflection
This is the one day of the year that makes sense of the rest for me. That says, there is hope, don’t give in, worse has been endured, your pain is understood, someone has been along and absorbed it all already, scooped up the fall-out and is offering a hand, saying, come on, it’s this …
Caroline Greville 