-
Archives
- March 2020
- February 2020
- January 2020
- December 2019
- November 2019
- October 2019
- September 2019
- August 2019
- July 2019
- June 2019
- May 2019
- April 2019
- March 2019
- February 2019
- January 2019
- December 2018
- November 2018
- October 2018
- September 2018
- August 2018
- June 2018
- May 2018
- April 2018
- March 2018
- February 2018
- January 2018
- December 2017
- November 2017
- October 2017
- September 2017
- August 2017
- July 2017
- June 2017
- May 2017
- April 2017
- March 2017
- February 2017
-
Meta
Author Archives: vickmcq
No holds barred.
Currently, the country is in lockdown due to the Coronavirus and so I have time on my hands to write, think and process… My therapist a few weeks ago asked me to think about why I am writing the thing … Continue reading
Posted in Faith, Life, Uncategorized
Leave a comment
Kindness
It wasn’t someone shouting at me that my beliefs were wrong that drew me to The Lord. It wasn’t someone screaming at me that I was ‘going to hell’ that drew me to The Lord. It wasn’t someone quoting Bible … Continue reading
Posted in Bible, counselling, Deconstruction, Faith, grief, Humility, Life, loss, Perseverance, Teaching, Theology, Uncategorized
Tagged Bible, Christianity, Evangelical, Kindness, Liberal
Leave a comment
Chinks of light.
Phew. The third-year anniversary of John’s death is over. It was so hard this year. Every day since John died I have got out of bed straight away when I’ve been awake but twice in the last month I haven’t … Continue reading
Posted in Bereavement, Faith, grief, Humility, Life, loss, Theology, Uncategorized, Widow
Tagged Bereavement, grief, Hope, loss, Theology, Widow
Leave a comment
Christmas time.
The last day of the Christmas has arrived in the church calendar. Midnight Mass was beautiful, I cried even though I was serving but did it discreetly so no one saw, I was overwhelmed by the story of Jesus’ birth, … Continue reading
Posted in Bereavement, Faith, grief, Life, loss, Perseverance, Theology, Widow
Tagged Bereavement, Faith, feelings, grief, life, loss, pain, Theology, Widow, widowed
Leave a comment
Leftover thoughts.
A few thoughts following the last blog post. These thoughts actually started off as a thread of tweets but realised they could and probably should be a blog post. I have extended it a little too. a) My relationship with … Continue reading
Posted in Bereavement, Faith, grief, Humility, Life, loss, Uncategorized
Tagged blogging, Faith, grief, Widow
Leave a comment
Brutally Honest.
Stand by your beds because it’s all about to come tumbling out. It’s been a hard week. I’ve faced a fair amount of pushback on social media for my political and theological beliefs, I also had therapy for the first … Continue reading
Posted in counselling, Faith, grief, Theology, Uncategorized
Tagged alone, Bereavement, Faith, feelings, life, lonely, loss, pain, queer, Widow, widowed
Leave a comment
This and that.
Haven’t written for a while. Life’s been trickling on steadily. Settling into the flat ok, Alfie and Eric my Yorkies are happy. It’s a difficult week this week, it should have been Mum’s Birthday a few days ago and it … Continue reading
Posted in Bereavement, Faith, grief, Life, loss, Theology, Uncategorized, Widow
Tagged Bereavement, church, Faith, grief, life, loss, Warden, Widow
Leave a comment
