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Sallys-Journey

Sheffield

Methodist Minister, mother, grandmother, poet, photographer, swimmer and novice artist

Interests: spirituality, music of all kinds, tai-chi, images, films, poetry, walking especially through autumn leaves and on the beach, swimming and reading, often 4-5 books at once....

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how did you hold your nerve; knowing all would betray or desert you knowing the pain that lay ahead, how did you hold your nerve? + how did you wash their feet; knowing they misunderstood you loving action, knowing you... Continue reading

Posted Apr 13, 2017 at Eternal Echoes

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Crowds... (John 12:20-36)

Crowds, crowds thronging, jostling, taking in the sights, preparing for the celebration, locals and visitors rub shoulders, the air electric, expectations high, then another layer, an additional charge, a buzz, rumours abound, "could it be, is it he? The one... Continue reading

Posted Apr 11, 2017 at Eternal Echoes

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Thank you, what a lovely thing to say.

Commented Apr 11, 2017 on resurrection questions.... at Eternal Echoes

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resurrection questions....

Is this what resurrection looks like, if give up my desire to be perfect, whole and strong? + If I give myself, my true frail, vulnerable, broken self, to the truth that sets me free, accepts me, sees me, calls... Continue reading

Posted Apr 11, 2017 at Eternal Echoes

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Through light and shadow

through light and shadow I am led, I follow, through the ins and outs the ups and downs of these days, when my heart is failing, when my spirit rejoices, when I can barely put one foot in front of... Continue reading

Posted Apr 9, 2017 at Eternal Echoes

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Sallys-Journey is now following Mary Beth

Apr 8, 2017

Entering Holy Week; challenges, and possibilities

It has been a long time since I blogged here, for various reasons I needed a break and a change, but sometimes, just sometimes it is good to return to something, and this is a return. This blog is full... Continue reading

Posted Apr 8, 2017 at Eternal Echoes

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letting go of the need to suceed...

I am preparing for Church Council meetings, it is an ongoing thing, and I guess I should not be surprised that the same questions of what we are going to do and where our future lies are once again raising... Continue reading

Posted Mar 11, 2015 at Eternal Echoes

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prayer and overload... ( I am learning)

My basket is full, my cup overflows, my head and heart are pounding with infomation, emotion, overload, there is so much need, always so much need... I could drown, I could give up, I could fight to remain afloat, turning... Continue reading

Posted Mar 10, 2015 at Eternal Echoes

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Are we awake? Sermon blogging; 1 Samuel 3: 1-10 & John 1: 43-51

Have you ever had an epiphany, a sudden moment a break through where you suddenly but surely understand or see something? It might have been a maths problem at school, a sudden moment when the jumble of numbers that had... Continue reading

Posted Jan 18, 2015 at Eternal Echoes

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I am no longer my own ( praying through depression)

Today I have been battling a migraine, and while it has mostly passed and my head feels more manageable I have also been batting a major depressive episode that has been creeping up on me over the last week. I... Continue reading

Posted Jan 12, 2015 at Eternal Echoes

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loved, beloved, how hard it is to own the name we are given, precious, honoured, chosen, long thought of, cherished how often do we really hear our truest state, do we look into the mirror of love, mirror love to... Continue reading

Posted Jan 10, 2015 at Eternal Echoes

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vapour..? a prayer of impotence

rain lashes my window, wind rattles the roof tiles above me, I shiver, turn up the central heating then put the kettle on... + across the world people huddle around a fire, there is no central heating in Syria no... Continue reading

Posted Jan 9, 2015 at Eternal Echoes

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Who is my neighbour? ( a reflection on the work of the Comfort Zone)

Again and again we hear about how more and more people ar turning to foodbanks for support, each week our little project in Blackpool feeds aproximately 150/ 200people and gives out around 90 food bags. The gathered community have become... Continue reading

Posted Jan 7, 2015 at Eternal Echoes

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grave clothes...

Sometimes I hide, returning to the fake safety of once discarded grave clothes and wrap them tightly around my wounds and scars as bandages that never heal, but only hinder growth... + Hidden there I call myself by once forgotten... Continue reading

Posted Dec 17, 2014 at Eternal Echoes

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It is a bright December morning, the sun is streaming in through my windows and I am trying to prepare myself for Messy Church this afternoon. The trouble is that I don't feel upbeat or capable of being bright and... Continue reading

Posted Dec 13, 2014 at Eternal Echoes

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Advent longings...

I long to long for life, life full life free, a stiring within, a drawing, calling , joy-filled, peace led life, for hope, a flame set against the darkness, for eyes to see, ears to hear a heart open willing... Continue reading

Posted Dec 11, 2014 at Eternal Echoes

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Being gentle with myself...

This morning I led and preached at an Advent Communion Service at North Shore, it felt right to be doing it. Unsusally for me I used the Worship Book and leant on the Liturgy to carry me through and found... Continue reading

Posted Dec 7, 2014 at Eternal Echoes

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What a great idea :-)

Commented Dec 6, 2014 on The Holy-day(s) season... at Eternal Echoes

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help me ( a prayer)

help me to fall into the deathless depths of you, where light and dark are one, where I am found in the losing and loosing of my finite being + help me to break free from smallness, from false boundaries,... Continue reading

Posted Dec 6, 2014 at Eternal Echoes

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The Holy-day(s) season...

I am not the Grinch, I don't wander around muttering Christmas Bah Humbug under my breath, but neither is my house festooned with Christmas decorations, in fact to be perfectly honest I am considering not setting up the Christmas tree... Continue reading

Posted Dec 5, 2014 at Eternal Echoes

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Bad days, and finding light in the darkness...

I have had a bad afternoon, nothing is particularly to blame, that is simply how it is, I wish I could say that I came home had lunch and began preparing for Sundays service as I had planned but I... Continue reading

Posted Dec 3, 2014 at Eternal Echoes

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Frost and partnerships...

There is a frost here this morning, when I woke the tempreature outside was around -3 degrees C, with the top expected tempreature of 5 degrees. Now I know that this is nothing record breaking or startling but it reminds... Continue reading

Posted Dec 3, 2014 at Eternal Echoes

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The truth as we see it- the human story behind the so called statistics

Last week MP's voted on a change in the law to ban revenge evictions by private landlords, the proposed change was overturned because it was deemed unnecessary. I wonder how it is then that I have spoken to a terrified... Continue reading

Posted Dec 1, 2014 at Eternal Echoes

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Thank you for your comment Jane, and blessings on your journey

Commented Nov 30, 2014 on Are you better? at Eternal Echoes

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