Joan’s Blog

Just as I am. Those words came to me last week as I sat in silence in a small chapel at Origins, a beautiful retreat centre just outside the

I came back from my trip to The Netherlands and Mexico with more than just photos, impressions and jetlag. I came back with a renewed desire to write. This

We have a Miniature Schnauzer who loves walks but hates his harness. When we bring his beautifully designed, snug-fitting harness out of the cupboard Azizi barks excitedly because he

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