Tag Archives: calling

For She Will Hide Me

Posted on February 26, 2017 by anyushka

I haven’t written anything particularly ‘introspective’ about vocation in some time… Perhaps it’s the winter, inner and outward hibernation… Waiting…  I still will not be writing much, so perhaps this is just noticing that there have been new things, surprising changes… … Continue reading →

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Purpose

Posted on August 18, 2016 by anyushka

Originally posted on welcome to my little piece of quiet:
I’m going to make everything around me beautiful – that will be my life. -Elsie de Wolfe

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Road Work Ahead

Posted on March 20, 2016 by anyushka

Lent is slowly but surely drawing to a close, and I wonder: has it been what I intended it to be? Probably not. So what has it been then?  I’m not entirely sure what’s been going on, but it seems … Continue reading →

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Questions for the Road

Posted on January 5, 2016 by anyushka

What can I do? What can I contribute? What comes easy to me that is difficult for others? And where is that needed? How and for who can that make a difference?

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Calvary

Posted on October 17, 2015 by anyushka

  Isaiah 61, 1-2 The Spirit of the Sovereign Lord is on me,     because the Lord has anointed me     to proclaim good news to the poor. He has sent me to bind up the brokenhearted,     to proclaim freedom for the … Continue reading →

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Whale Rider

Posted on May 18, 2015 by anyushka

I came across this film by chance, and it’s an amazing discovery. The storytelling has such great depth, the acting is memorable throughout and most likely you’ve never seen any of the actors on screen before. The film is all about identity and leadership, about … Continue reading →

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Prayer Is…

Posted on April 22, 2015 by anyushka

Prayer is…walking towards an open gate Prayer is…finding solace in the company of God Prayer is…hearing the good, the true, the valid Prayer is…coming home Prayer is…where I hope to spend most of my time Prayer is…a happiness Prayer is…what … Continue reading →

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Not Knowing

Posted on March 10, 2015 by anyushka

Sometimes it seems as if I’m walking on parallel paths, and that’s why I get so confused, trying to figure out where I am and who I am and where I want to go… Maybe it doesn’t have to be … Continue reading →

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There Is Someone I Must Become

Posted on February 4, 2015 by anyushka

“My loneliness attracts me to the feet of Jesus. Like a magnet I am drawn there, longing to be all one with God. The separateness I keep choosing makes me desperately homesick, and so I am willing, at last, to … Continue reading →

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Life in All its Fullness?

Posted on December 28, 2014 by anyushka
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