What DOES a Spiritual Director do?
Aren’t random thoughts…well… ‘ random?’ The other day I wondered aloud on Twitter: If ‘ a priest tries to colour …
Let Me Know
I wrote Let Me Know during a retreat back in 2018. I wasn’t in the best of places healthwise, felt exhausted, anxious, …
New Year: New Poetry Page
Introducing a new page for Holding Heaven: a space where I can house some of the poems that I’ve written over …
My Three Favourite Art Journaling Books
Following on from Confidence, Creativity and the Procrastination Trap, here are three books that I love: Quinn Mcdonald’s Raw Art Journaling is like …
Confidence and avoiding the Procrastination Trap!
Have you ever waited forever for a bus, only for two or three to arrive at the same time? …
C is for Contemplation and Creativity
What’s the driving force behind your decision to begin blogging? Holding Heaven sprung from my experiences of contemplation and creativity both …
Staying calm in the eye of the storm
Each one has to find his peace from within. And peace to be real must be unaffected by outside circumstances. …
Looking Back/Looking Forward: Happy New Year
The family have gone home, DH’s post-Christmas pudding is bubbling gently away on the stove and I’ve a glass of …
Advent ABC:X, Y and Z
Three for the price of one today! The sometime maligned term Xmas is actually perfectly legit. Did you realise that …
Advent ABC: W is for waiting
To echo the question dreaded by every parent trundling down the motorway with a car full of hot, sticky and …
Advent ABC: V is for Veni
Veni Emmanuel, sung here by the L’Accorche Choeur, to Kodaly’s setting. This traditional Advent and Christmastime hymn, one of my …
Advent ABC: Unseen
From Advent Weekly reflections, Living out our Faith: Looking Beyond Ourselves (Church of England): …Who is it in our communities that we …