Rounding Up the Year – 2014 – It’s been a weird one.

2014 has not been the greatest year, but it certainly hasn't been the worst year by a very long mile. We had only just moved into this house (in November 2013) with mixed feelings - not the home I had hoped for, we're still renting with no end in sight, but relieved to be out …

Jag har haft fullt upp!

It has all fallen apart a bit. I tend to do this. I tend to take on so much that I burn out and end up not finishing anything. (Sigh) The title is a Swedish phrase, which means roughly 'I have had a full schedule', or 'I've been super-busy'! :)I have picked up a dozen …

Read52 Fail?

I may be officially failing my read52 challenge - I haven't read anything for the last couple of weeks, unless I'm allowed to include the Bible (although actually I'm also about 3 days behind in my B90Days challenge as well - will be trying to catch up tomorrow), and also my OU textbooks - I've …

Read 52: What week are we in?!

I am trying to catch up - I'm very naughty for tending to take on far too much and then finding that it is in fact too much which can lead to a complete crash and ending up achieving nothing! In addition to my Read52 commitment, I started the Bible in 90 Days on February …

Read52 Week4: Army on Its Knees

Another quick read this week, as I'm so busy at the moment: "Army on Its Knees" by Janet Munn and Stephen Court. This isn't the best book I've ever read on prayer, by any means, but I do like the metaphor (unlike Napolean's Army which marched on its stomach, The Salvation Army 'marches' on its …

Read52 Week3: The Grace Outpouring

This week's choice is a book that my mother bought me last year and which has been sitting on the shelf for several months, unread. "The Grace Outpouring: Becoming a People of Blessing" by Roy Godwin and Dave Roberts is another inspirational book documenting the incredible spiritual power being unleashed at Ffald-y-Brenin, a Christian Retreat …

Read52 Week 2: Aggressive Christianity by Catherine Booth

I have had a long on-and-off relationship with the Salvation Army, from Corps Cadets youth group as a teenager, through working (for most of my working life) at THQ in London, to infrequent attendance at various Salvation Army Corps around the country wherever I've been living. But this year I am planning to cement our …

Read52 Week1

This week's book for my first official read of Read52, courtesy of a charity shop in Plymouth, is "The Kindness of Strangers" by Kate Adie. It is considerably thicker than it looks in he photo, and I worked out that would need to read just over two long chapters a day to finish it within …

Intro and Read52

I blogged for a few years with a captive audience of friends at Multiply under the name "Life for Beginners" and when  the Multiply  platform folded, I found myself in an isolated location without internet and despite valiant efforts, lost all my posts, so I have had a writing hiatus of about three years. I'm starting …