Author: Admin

Part-time Starship Captain and fledgling feminist... Writing about all sorts of things, often through the lens of Star Trek: * Marriage and Parenting * Home education, * Health and mental health, * ADHD and Autism * Recovery from trauma and misdiagnosis * Parenting YA Trans kids * Parenting kids with Type 1 Diabetes * Moving from vegetarian through paleo and back (to veganism) in one easy mid-life-crisis. * Moving from city life to very rural Cornwall in one not-so-easy mid-life-crisis. * Being addicted to: books, planners, pens, stationery, hats, scarves, shoes, twitter and facebook groups. :D * Grief and loss (including recurrent miscarriage and secondary infertility). * Deconstruction from fundamentalist religion * Working towards a sane and healthy faith. * Exploring first progressive, liberal Anglicanism and Celtic Christianity, then progressive streams of Judaism. * Still a peculiar religious mixture, now with a healthy dose of scepticism.

For the Time Has Come

I have just returned from a weekend away at a Franciscan Friary, for a course that I was invited on when I met some local Anglicans during the summer last year in Cornwall. I wrote on Twitter on the Saturday evening: "I have just spent the evening with a group of "nice" Christians who apparently … Continue reading For the Time Has Come

Finding Moments of Peace and Joy

This article "Our Imperfect Canopy of Peace", by rachel Mankowitz, exploring the issue of navigating the High Holidays and especially Sukkot while Israel is at war, and finding small moments of joy and peace in the process is absolutely beautiful. Pease read and enjoy! https://rachelmankowitz.com/2024/10/12/our-imperfect-canopy-of-peace/#like-7701?page_id=7701

Watchman on the Walls

Things have changed for me again since October 7th; significantly, although I still identify as Agnostic, I now lean definitely towards faith, and so as soon as I can work out how to do it, I will upin my sticky post, which rather paints me as an all-out Atheist, which may have been briefly true … Continue reading Watchman on the Walls

The Nostalgia,  The Yearning, The Grief

I shall probably cross post this, so apologies if you see it more than once. I feel as though I am going a bit mad… For reasons I'm not sure I'm quite ready to articulate, I have started looking again at Christianity. I do know that this is most likely primarily an after-effect of the … Continue reading The Nostalgia,  The Yearning, The Grief

Wolves in Ministry

Around 2012, when I was still grieving the loss of my father, I had a conversation with a local evangelical minister about how exhausted I was, searching for God. I told him it felt like a game of hide and seek in which God refused to allow himself to be found. I was tired of … Continue reading Wolves in Ministry

A Jewish Christmas?

I was invited to a Facebook group called The Virtual Chapel, "A group for spiritual seekers, mystics, contemplatives, and anyone who earnestly wishes to deepen their inner life and relationship with God.", which I joined, and was invited to write on the topic of Christmas, using the following writing prompt: "Christmas is an interesting season. … Continue reading A Jewish Christmas?

Not Anglican Enough

Earlier this summer I applied to study Theology (as an auditor; that is, as a non-accredited student) with a local Anglican seminary. For various reasons I was rejected which both surprised and disappointed me. I realise I am probably leaving it too late to 'appeal' in any way, but it has remained on my mind … Continue reading Not Anglican Enough

Ex-Messianic Elul Re-evaluation

Hi all, How are you doing? Elul always gets me like this, I suppose in a way I am in a perpetual identity crisis as someone with a background in opposing traditions; plus, having lost my faith, but feeling a constant emotional pull back, which I push down for the rest of the year but … Continue reading Ex-Messianic Elul Re-evaluation

Forgiveness and Teshuvah

An old, Messy friend I used to know years ago died recently and it raised a lot of complicated feelings for me. I would not want to step into the territory of gossip or 'lashon hara', but this person had a reputation for behaving in inappropriate and possibly even illegal ways but seemed to be … Continue reading Forgiveness and Teshuvah

Get Rid of the Chametz!

One thing I have always found quite intriguing is the fact that in Judaism, the upcoming festival is known as Weeks (Shavuot), but we count the *days* towards it, whereas in Christianity, the festival is known as 50 (Pentecost), referring to the fact that the festival occurs on the 50th day, but the *weeks* are … Continue reading Get Rid of the Chametz!