On the pilgrim way
On the pilgrim way: ‘Is this meeting a new kind of witness?’
01/12/2020 | ReformSheila Maxey finds hope before lockdown
There is nothing like something new to cheer me up as I begin to face the fact that we might be in this Covid-19 world for a long, long time. In early October, we … Read More
On the pilgrim way: ‘Aching in body, I was renewed in spirit’
03/11/2020 | ReformSheila Maxey watches clouds gather
In last month’s column, I said that ‘provisional’ seems to be the word these days. Now, it looks like we have to expect six months more of this provisionality and uncertainty.
When friends ask me … Read More
On the pilgrim way: ‘I feel both excited and daunted’
28/09/2020 | ReformSheila Maxey prepares for a spacious new phase
Provisional’ seems to be the word these days. Coffee after church by the end of the month? Probably not. Carol services, heartily sung, at Christmas? Possibly. Visiting an ageing cousin in Germany … Read More
On the pilgrim way: ‘I came across our pre-wedding letters’
29/08/2020 | ReformSheila Maxey discovers her pre-wedding letters
During the spacious days of lockdown in June, I came across a box containing letters that my husband Kees and I wrote to each other during our engagement, from 1961 to 1962. Our daughter, … Read More
On the pilgrim way: ‘What does being generous mean now?’
26/06/2020 | ReformSheila Maxey wonders how to be generous in lockdown
A poem by John O’Donohue which has helped me throughout this lockdown is now bothering me. It begins: ‘This is the time to be slow /… until the bitter weather passes’. … Read More
On the pilgrim way: ‘Am I wasting time?’
29/05/2020 | ReformI am writing this in late April and find myself, not surprisingly, thinking about time. I was brought up with quite a puritanical approach to time: it had to be used well. We offered our talents and our time to … Read More
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