The clergy dog collar, which looked so very weird a couple of months ago, is starting to feel more comfortable. I like my dog collar, it's useful, I understand it and it clearly tells people who I am and what I'm about. Yes, sometimes I get funny looks and one person on a bus in [...]
New Wine: Team, Tears and Triumphs
So I've done a bit of reflecting about the children who were present at Rock Solid last week, but what about the Team? The Team who led the 650 kids consisted of 125 people, youngest aged 15, with an average age of 17. They did jobs ranging from gunge tank fillers, to small group leaders, [...]
New Wine: Preteens, Prayer & Praise
On Sunday I got back home after a week camping in Somerset at a Christian gathering called New Wine. Despite what felt like none stop rain (Nathan's reaction when I got back was: 'you smell damp'), we had a wonderful time. So, at this gathering there were 14000 people who worshipped, prayed, listened, reflected and [...]
Surprise!
So, I'm nearly a month in and I've been making a list of all surprising things/surprising moments! I find myself with 10 minutes to spare at New Wine and so I've written a list of my top 10 surprises of curacy so far. 1. When we left Durham on 10th June the first thing that [...]
Rev Poppy 