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Barbie Perks

Hospitality – Fulfilling The Need To Be In Community With Others

by Melissa Taft August 18, 2022

by Barbie Perks We’ve spoken many, many times about how the Covid-19 pandemic robbed us of fellowship and community. And how slowly getting back to ‘normal’ life has changed how …

August 18, 2022

Lent

Come Dine With Me

by Melissa Taft March 10, 2022

by Barbie Perks There’s a popular TV reality show in Britain, as well as an off-shoot produced in South Africa – and possibly in other countries – called “Come Dine …

March 10, 2022

Making Time for a Sacred Summer or Winter

What is a Sacred Space?

by Lisa DeRosa June 10, 2021

photo and post by Barbie Perks, Matthew 5:1-2 Now when Jesus saw the crowds, he went up on a mountainside and sat down. His disciples came to him, and he …

June 10, 2021

Time to Heal

Trusting the Driver

by Lisa DeRosa February 10, 2021

by Barbie Perks There are times when the life journey we are on looks a bit like this photo I took last week in the Ruaha National Park. We had been …

February 10, 2021

Advent 2020

Home Is Where The Heart Is

by Lisa DeRosa December 16, 2020

by Barbie Perks At this time of the year, no matter how old we are, or how far away we are (physically, spiritually, mentally or emotionally) our thoughts tend to …

December 16, 2020

Discernment spiritual direction

Discerning the Harvest – The Parable of the Sower

by Lisa DeRosa August 20, 2020

by Barbie Perks When I was in lockdown in South Africa a couple of weeks ago, I was reading an online devotion from the Scripture Union UK WordLive site. I have …

August 20, 2020

Creation: Resurrection and Hope of New Life

Letting Go of Loss so that we can Hold onto Hope

by Lisa DeRosa April 30, 2020

by Barbie Perks These past weeks have been a process for me, and maybe for many others as well. A process of coming to terms with the changes that have …

April 30, 2020

Reading Life Differently

Reading Life Differently – a throwback to one of the themes of 2019.

by Lisa DeRosa April 16, 2020

by Barbie Perks As I write, the world is in a full-blown panic attack due to the coronavirus pandemic. There are times when I flick through different news channels and …

April 16, 2020

Lent 2020

Shrove Tuesday – Pancake Tuesday – the day before Lent starts!

by Hilary Horn February 25, 2020

By Barbie Perks — At our home church, a Methodist church, someone introduced the idea of pancake Tuesday as a fund-raising community event which proved immensely popular and successful. The …

February 25, 2020

Christmas

Blue Christmas? Or Christmas of Hope?

by Hilary Horn December 20, 2019

By Barbie Perks — Close on 20 years ago, I came across the Blue Christmas concept in a Methodist Women’s magazine that was being published in South Africa. The idea …

December 20, 2019

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