Growing Up Swiftie: The Early Years

Growing Up Swiftie: The Early Years

Dear reader, I have a question for you. Who did you grow up with? I don’t mean who were your childhood friends or the family that raised you. I mean who were the cultural forces that you grew up alongside? For some of my friends, the answer is Harry Potter –...
A response to loneliness

A response to loneliness

It’s me, hi, I’m the problem, it’s me Taylor Swift, ‘Anti-Hero’ And when it comes to loneliness, Taylor Swift couldn’t be more true. An epidemic People are talking about the loneliness epidemic. It’s been in the air since 2020 when the pandemic forced us...
Putting Hutchmoot 2023 into action

Putting Hutchmoot 2023 into action

It takes a village to be an adult It’s a thought I’ve been working on for a few years now. I workshopped it with Becky as we drove up to Derbyshire. It is the inspiration behind my Pass the Piece contribution to Bethany. It was the driving motivation behind going to...
Being socially anxious and overcoming it

Being socially anxious and overcoming it

This is an old post… as in from my last blog, which I closed down at the end of 2017 in order to launch Finding Chaya. So why revisit it now? Because once again I am finding myself moving to a city to be part of a large church where one service is double the...