Jemima

On Bread in the Bible

Recently the women of my small church had a weekend away. One of the organisers had suggested we look at the theme of ‘bread’ in the bible, as we were going to stay at the home of a sourdough baker. I was organising the talks and content side of things, and so I looked throughContinue reading “On Bread in the Bible”

Wedding Cards – Four Years On

Over the last few weeks I have been sorting things in our house. One of the projects was a bag of cards from our wedding, some four and a half years ago. I quite like cards, and so I didn’t want to just chuck them out, but I did want to reduce the amount ofContinue reading “Wedding Cards – Four Years On”

Survivor’s Guilt

Some months ago I wrote a post ‘On Envy’. In this I described the guilt that I had felt when having a good thing that some dear friends of mine wanted but lacked. In the months since that post I found myself in a some-what opposite situation. However, God used the things I had learnedContinue reading “Survivor’s Guilt”

On God as Refuge

What does it mean for God to be a ‘rock of refuge’? If I trust God to be this, does that mean that he will prevent bad things from happening in my life? This is a question that myself and a friend were recently discussing. Perhaps you might have wondered the same thing. The ideaContinue reading “On God as Refuge”

On transience

This is a post that I wrote on the evening of Sunday the 26th July, a day and half before my little daughter Ellie passed away. “So teach us to number our days that we may get a heart of wisdom.” Psalm 90:12 Last Sunday my daughter was born. Four days later, on Thursday nightContinue reading “On transience”

On Envy

For some months now I have been thinking about envy. Both myself at times feeling envious of others and realising that other people may feel envious of me. As I begin this, I need to say that this post is not intended to be negative, but rather a bemused reflection upon the irony of thisContinue reading “On Envy”