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Preparing for Easter with our Children

March 29, 2022 by Alice Brown

If Father Christmas and the Easter Bunny were both on Instagram, I’m pretty sure we can all guess who would have the biggest following! Easter is so easily dwarfed in our annual calendars by the tinsel and trimmings of Christmas. Yet as Christians…

Reflections on a Year in Lockdown – with Alice Brown

May 20, 2021 by Alice Brown

There is something very confronting about marking a whole year of lockdown! The past twelve months have turned our world upside down in so many ways and here in the UK it has often felt like we have slipped into the pages of a dystopian novel: streets…

Finding joy in seasons of change

October 7, 2019 by Alice Brown

We live in a transient age – life is fast paced, jobs are often uncertain, international travel is increasingly accessible and the idea of being settled somewhere for decades to come is alien to many. At many stages of life it seems that the only…

A rebuke in love: Fostering a culture of change in churches

March 19, 2019 by Alice Brown

It had been an exhausting day and tired children were pushing all my buttons. I would love to say that I rose above the bickering with words of kindness, but that sadly was not the case! Later, children in bed and cup of tea in hand, my husband and…

On choosing a Christmas diet

December 11, 2018 by Alice Brown

Here is a scary question: in the average day, how much time do you spend thinking about food? As Christmas looms, most of us spend even more time than usual thinking about menus. Who and what will you serve this festive season? There’s endless inspiration…