A candle in my treehouse

Musings on faith and real life

Life question: Why is it so hard to trust God? (1)

January 5, 2021.Reading time 11 minutes.

When people say happily ‘God has never let me down’, I’m tempted to retort ‘Really?’ When you prayed that your relative wouldn’t die from cancer, and they passed away, could you really say it didn’t feel as if God had let you down? When you asked for a new job and your applications bore no […]

Reflection: Lockdown compost heap

October 27, 2020.Reading time 3 minutes.

As lockdown began, I had a very strong sense that it was important not to come to conclusions about what it all meant too soon. The wisdom times of difficulty bring takes time to make itself known. Busy the sun, the wind, the birds, the spring greening But my heart’s sound is silence, a dampening […]