Today’s waking-up thoughts

Again I wake up knowing God loves me God – the one who made the world and all that’s in it –                                                                                      loves me! and not because of anything I’ve done or because of anything special about me it’s not … Continue reading →

Imagining God

I hear people do this so often – imagining what God might be like, what he must be like… So many religious movements start from that: let’s think what God would say about this, that and the other, and build … Continue reading →

I’ve never thought of writing a whodunnit

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I’ve written short stories, I’ve had a go at writing novels, but I’ve never thought of writing a whodunnit – but here I am, looking back at stuff that’s happened in my life, amazed at how it happened, and feeling … Continue reading →

Thankful

As I’m praying and thanking God for the amazing grace he’s poured out onto me, I find myself thinking of a song we traditionally sing at Passover. It’s called Dayenu – loosely translated from Hebrew this title means: it would … Continue reading →

on Luther, game playing, and things you don’t expect to hear from a Jewish woman

So I had this idea for a blog post about how Luther is my homeboy (kinda) and decided to have a little break first, chilling out with a game I like playing on my phone. And the metaphor just jumped … Continue reading →

on danish pastries and good deeds

This rambly thought started when I was walking past a local café a few weeks ago, a café that does the most amazing, mouth-watering home made danish pastries ever. I was on my way home from a place where I’d … Continue reading →

my hero

The fairy tales don’t begin to… They tell of a great hero rescuing the damsel in distress, but not in the way my real rescue happened. My true hero – my true hero did the unimaginable for me. To most … Continue reading →

I love the written word. Here’s why I also <3💜💙💕 emoji ☺

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I’m a middle-aged woman who loves writing and who takes great pedantic joy in proofreading. I cringe badly when I see a misplaced apostrophe, or a your instead of you’re. But when I hear some of my fellow pedantic word … Continue reading →

Ok, so about that manifesto

So, this whole Google manifesto thing – my thoughts, for what they’re worth, not expecting to change anyone’s mind but just to state my own point of view, as a woman, and as, well, me… So, let’s start with making … Continue reading →

It’s not about the victims

Thinking aloud about murder, adultery, and victimless crimes I was reading about the capture of Mosul and how one Iraqi soldier took revenge against the Isis guy who’d been behind the murder of his family. Once captured and identified, the … Continue reading →