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Living faithfully when I don’t know the answer
in Blog onI can still remember exactly where I was standing when we received the phone call, on the kitchen side of…
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‘Woman, why are you crying?’
in Blog onI had returned for a visit to the South Asian city where I had previously worked. Dr Zahra had heard…
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Weeping with those who weep
in Blog onI was sitting with my language teacher, reading a piece she had chosen by a Palestinian poet, where he mourned…
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An Unlikely Pair
in Blog onThe stories of two women, and what they teach us. At the heart of the Joseph narrative in Genesis (38,…
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Life without a home
in Blog onWhat does it mean to be a woman on the refugee trail? It almost sounds like an adventure when we…
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Missing the mark
in Blog onSin is the usual starting point for the message of the good news of God’s love for us all. We…
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The Floating People – for the Rohingya People
in Blog, Uncategorized onThis poem was written for and read at a vigil for the Rohingya People held in a city in the…
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Season of joy and suffering
in Blog onChristmas celebrations focus on joy, with lots of festivity, food and family celebrations along the way. We rejoice in the…
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The invisible face of war and conflict
in Blog onThirteen tables groups each worked on the profile of a refugee at a gathering I was recently attending. Only two…
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Lament: giving expression to God’s nearness
in Blog onThe release by Boko Haram, in May this year, of some of the young girls it had kidnapped was a…
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