Walking with Jesus

I've been blogging on and off now for over 7 years which is absolutely crazy and in all that time, I don't think I've ever really written about my Christian journey. I've been thinking about it a lot recently. Particularly because I haven't been to church in a loonng time and I have problems with…

Faith Crisis

It has been quite some time since I have written a blog, and for that I apologise. I just haven't been writing much generally. It is unclear to me as to why I have been drawn to write a blog now but as I have found, the best ones come out of spontaneity. For those…

Ambassador

Over the past 12-18 months, I have had the great privilege of becoming the voice of care experienced young people in the UK. I've become an ambassador sharing what life is like in the system and I have found a label I've come to own. However, something has changed. Whilst I was at university, I…

Love of the King

When I am in the depths of despair, weeping over the smallest of triggers and where the brain noise is simply too loud... I am incredibly cruel to myself. My most recent "episode" revolves around one phrase in particular: "nobody will ever love you", "no wonder no one likes you". But I forgot one very…

Finding Myself

Honesty hour with me, your host, Louise. When meeting new people, I dread one particular phrase. In job interviews, friendship circles and the worse one of all: dates. "So, tell me about you." It genuinely sends shivers down my spine and stops me dead in my tracks because I don't know how to answer. Who…

Learning to…

Part of my job (well, okay, all of my job) is being in lessons and helping the students to access the lesson to their full potential. Today, as I do every other Monday, I was in a Year 8 RE lesson where the lesson title was 'What is Christianity?' I remember these lessons well from…

Above and Beyond

Recently, I've taken to doing bits of homework that my students get set to encourage them, show them that they can do more than they think but also to satisfy my deep rooted stance that I am a teachers pet. I always have been and I always will be. I tell my students and they…

The Need for a Tangent Flag

There are a couple of things I could write about today. I could write about leading a Bible study (something I did yesterday) or I could write about how just one person can make a seemingly terrible day become okay again. In reality, I know I will probably not write about either of these topics…

No Longer Slaves

There is a worship song that I particularly like. It's called No Longer Slaves by the powerhouse couple that is Jonathan and Melissa Helser. They have written some of the best worship songs in history. If you want to take a listen to this song (which I highly recommend), check out this official lyric video: No…

A Christian Music Festival… whaaaat?

Thursday to Sunday to last week, I attended my first ever festival. It so just happened that it was a Christian music festival. Who knew?!