Okay, so that might be a slightly misleading blog title - we weren't in full lockdown a year ago. This time last year, Nathan and I woke up at Formby Hall hotel after a gorgeous meal of steak and red wine the night before. We had a day in the spa, keeping our distance from [...]
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2021 Intentions
Last year, I wrote a blog called 2020 intentions. I know that the pandemic meant that some of those intentions went out of the window - starting to write a sermon five weeks in advance has been impossible when rules and guidance about services change very quickly! But the pandemic also meant that I learned [...]
2020 Reading Challenge: part 2
Following on from 2020 Reading Challenge: Part 1! The Book Thief. Markus Zusak. So many people have recommended this to me over the years, and I can see why! This is a great story and it brings to life what it must have been like frowning up in Gremany during the second World War. Queenie [...]
Don’t do more than you are comfortable with
I have been thinking about this a lot, and worrying a lot, and I think it needs saying. When it comes to the lifting of lockdown and the new tier systems, please, don't do more than you are comfortable with. By all means, do whatever your tier system allows if you are up for that, [...]