The ripple effect
When I arrived at Westminster Hospital to begin my nursing studies in 1963, I met Celia Goshawk (later Nicholson) who was three years senior to me. Celia invited me to join a Bible study in the nurses’ residence where I was living.
When I arrived at Westminster Hospital to begin my nursing studies in 1963, I met Celia Goshawk (later Nicholson) who was three years senior to me. Celia invited me to join a Bible study in the nurses’ residence where I was living.
As I invest my time and energy in those I come alongside – through coffee meet-ups, studying the Bible and praying together – I feel for them deeply and I care about their journey.
What do you think of when you think about the perfect space to read the Bible? For me, it would be a cosy armchair in a quiet room, sunlight beaming through the window and a nice cup of tea close at hand.
We don’t need to go very far to see that God has made us all unique. Our faces, our personality quirks, our thumbprints, and our passions are all gloriously different. Our God is the ultimate creative. Therefore, we should live in a society that protects and upholds our dignity and value as fellow human beings.
Picture a doorway, where you are standing at the threshold. In that moment, you are at the point of leaving one room, but you haven’t quite entered the second room. This is liminal space – the in-between time, where you’ve left the old but not yet entered the new.
Jonny shares a childhood memory of experiencing the father heart of God through the pure, sobbing joy of his uncle’s welcome.