Sarah's Blog

This week I’ve been looking through past journals and I came across a passage I wrote more than two years ago, which feels like an age ago now, that made me sit up and think. The passage was about trials. We face trials of different kinds all the time, often from left field right at…

Do you ever have those nights when you just can’t seem to get to sleep, or the ones that see you wake in the night and struggle to resettle? I used to really dislike those nights – the seemingly endless hours of lying awake when all I wanted to do was rest. But then my…

We’re into a new year and, if you take a look outside, chances are you might see evidence of newness in the natural world as well. Snowdrops – one of the earliest indications that spring is on the way – are already out in force. And in places daffodils are springing up ready to flower…

Sometimes we get a clear sense that something is going to happen in our lives. Perhaps a sense that something specific we have been hoping for is going to come to fruition. Maybe simply a sense that something good, whatever it may be, is on the way. Some people report hearing clearly from God that…

The move from one year to the next is often a time for reflecting on the highs and lows of the last 12 months and thinking about changes that could be made in the next 12. It can be a time of celebration, but it can so easily become a time of beating oneself up.…

Throughout Advent I’ve been posting a photo a day to make up my very own #SocialMediaAdventCalendar. One photo and one Bible verse a day for 24 days; that simple. And today, Christmas Eve, I’ve brought them all together here so you can catch up if you missed them or recap if you didn’t. Here’s wishing…

It’s Christmas time – a time when shoppers queue to find spaces in car parks and shops are full of people buying festive gifts for their nearest and dearest, and probably a few people they only ever speak to at Christmas, while recordings of Noddy Holder and co play in the background. It’s a time…

This week I’ve had the pleasure of visiting a little gem of a shop in The Cotswolds. Since the launch of my book I have come into contact a host of people with whom I might not otherwise have crossed paths, from bookshop workers to readers. Among them were Jennie and the team at Shalom…

November is often the time of year when we express surprise at the speed with which time passes. As festive preparations begin in earnest, comments of “I can’t believe it’s nearly Christmas again” and “Where’s the year gone?” become a staple part of day-to-day conversation. Today, for a different reason, I’m reflecting on the past…