"Was that word for me or am I just making everything about myself?" "Oh Lord... Everyone is looking at me" "They're all thinking 'prayer, for the second time in one month?! She must be a sinful heathen!!!'" "I'm so greedy with prayer - this is like the third week in a row I've been up..."…
Last Sunday I served on the Kids Team at my church for the first time ever. The Kids topic was that great passage in Matthew where Jesus responds to the disciples trying to tell a group of children that Jesus is too busy and important to deal with them by coming out with this classic line:…
What would Jesus do? Four words, and, in most cases, a relatively easy question to answer - the Gospels tell us that Jesus was loving, kind, forgiving and a champion for the marginalised, so it's normally pretty obvious what Jesus would do. But, as Christians, is it enough to hypothetically ask and then continue about…
Picture this: you're 12, standing in a room full of other people ranging from your age to really old. There's a crazy American guy standing on stage and he's telling everyone to 'speak out to God', 'sing their own song' and 'do their own thing'. Except, you don't know what your 'own thing' is or how…
You know that saying? You wait 10 minutes for a bus and then 3 turn up at once; well, sometimes I feel like that about God. Although maybe that isn't the best comparison given that I'm not a Hindu so that's the wrong set of deities, but I think we can all admit that waiting…
Excuse my slightly blasphemous Snapchat - I have an unconventional relationship with God; just ask Him about the baptism thing... You made it to Post #2 so congratulations. We resume this programme with me being coaxed into church, not bursting into flames, and standing awkwardly at the back for another 10 minutes. I arrived by…
Lucy, In a World of Edmunds 