Joan’s Blog

I’ve learned a bit of Greek lately. Well, only two words really, but they’re significant ones. I picked them up, of all places, in Gaborone, Botswana. I was at

Joy. How does one pin down this tiniest of words, this most elusive of concepts? For as small as the word is, joy itself is deep and vast and

This year Roy and I have been married 31 years. Has it all been plain sailing, you may well ask? Well…no. Not exactly. On our church’s steady march through

“We are people of a King and a kingdom”. This line, from a sermon on the Beatitudes by Adam Heather, has stayed with me and challenged me deeply. Much

Sometimes a verse, or even just a word, keeps running through my mind. I’ve learned to pay attention to this kind of repetition because I have the sense it’s

In 2021 my friend Gill first spoke about her ‘word for the year’ and I was a little envious. I wanted one too! But how was I to find

Have you ever wished that God was a little less hidden, a little less silent? I know I have. In the Old Testament, his voice thundered through the clouds.

Have you ever heard or read a quote that punched you right in the centre of your being? Those are the moments to sit up and take notice. To