SPIRIT

“Sorry, now’s not a convenient time.” I imagine that most of us have said those words to someone – if not recently, then at least once in...

Gratitude is not often a great wind, but a gentle breeze. Gratitude does not often come as a tempest, a storm to batter and rage. Gratitu...

This bridge is magic. It’s somehow fixed in London as it crosses the brooding Thames, yet transports me to when I lived in New York City ...

A bead of sweat rolls and falls, it leaves a mark on the blue mat, a physical sign of an internal quandary. How to find peace in a landsc...

This is the script of a sermon preached on the 20th September 2020. The Scripture for the morning was from Genesis 15:1-6. Have you tried...

My love affair with Italy is like all stories of the heart; a journey of discovery and life lessons, at times punctuated with frustration...

Part one was the things I learned as an expat but what about the things I loved? As someone who comes alive when taking on the adventure ...

I’ve been lucky enough to live abroad twice in my life. Once in Sydney and once in Rome. Both were equally formative and equally unforget...

As the conductor on the ÖBB NightJet came to check tickets, he smiled at us after looking at our passports: “English is best, yes?” Was h...

Perhaps, like me, you’ve taken to new hobbies and interests during the Covid-19 lockdown to both explore new forms of entertainment/activ...