I’ve been thinking about what I would miss if my house was burned to the ground or bombed like so many poor people in LA and in Gaza. I couldn’t think of any object, only my precious family and my dog. What about you?

Isaiah 45:3 Amplified Bible (AMP)“I will give you the treasures of darkness [the hoarded treasures] And the hidden riches of secret places, So that you may know that it is I, The LORD, the God of Israel, who calls you by your name.,”

When he said ‘do or not do, there is no try’. Sometimes all we have is doing our best and often we do fail. I would say, ‘keep trying and don’t give up’.

In these dark, freezing January days, light and warmth become a top priority. The short days and long stretches of darkness make it difficult to feel happy about anything. Looking back over this first week of 2025, I have found a lot of aspects of life a real struggle and I know I’m not alone.…

‘Our goal should be to live life in radical amazement,’ writes Rabbi Abraham Heschel because ‘everything is phenomenal; everything is incredible; never treat life casually. To be spiritual is to be amazed.’ As this new year stands full of potential for you to enjoy and explore, it is as much for you as for anybody…

I heard Macron saying the words above and I thought that they could serve as a resolution for anyone daunted by the next year. Wanting to make it significant or simply to survive it with your head held high? It can be painful looking back at hard times from the last year, but think again…

I have been reminded, or have reminded myself, that there is more to come in the future. More beginnings, more chances, more new opportunities.

Have you ever said yes to something that realistically you can’t do? Two weeks ago, I said ‘of course I could write something about light on one hundred candles’. It didn’t take long for me to realise that there was no way I could write on tiny candles with my shaky hands. I did find…

I noticed the final leaf hanging on for dear life on a birch tree in our garden. Do you ever feel like that? Someone once described themselves as ‘ hanging on by my fingertips’. Not great then.

This is where I live these days: when you can’t manage things, you either end up doing nothing or doing something ‘instead’. That can be as good as the other impossible option, but mostly it takes more positivity and perseverance. Right now, ‘instead’ of driving my son to his piano lesson, I am sitting under…