I can hardly believe it, but I've been vicar of All Saints with St Frideswyde for three months and five days! In the past three months, there has been an advent study, Toy Service, Christingle, carols to the elderly, carol singing outside school, Christmas itself, trips into school, trips from schools into church, an Open [...]
I don't think anything could have prepared me for the last seven days. I've read a lot about what would happen when the Queen died. I've watched interviews with people predicting the impact this would have upon our nation, upon the world. But experiencing it has been something else entirely. Don't get me wrong, I [...]
Flash back to 1st January 2022 and Nathan and I were sat eating a Macdonalds with a sleeping Sophia in the backseat. I lifted my diet coke in the air as a toast. 'To 2022!' I said. 'To a year with no change!' said Nathan. 'Cheers to that!' I agreed. Since we arrived in Liverpool [...]
Ten years ago today I landed in Burundi and my life changed forever. I was 19 and when an email landed in my inbox 8 months earlier inviting me to go on the trip, I jumped at the chance. But when it came to zipping up my suitcase the night before, I was terrified and [...]
Rev Poppy 