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Remembering Rachel Held Evans

In April 2019, Rachel Held Evans caught the flu. It was a particularly nasty sort and she needed hospitalization to help fight it. Within...

Movie in my mind

I'm a sucker for musical theatre. I love it. Perhaps I am obsessed with it. Aside from the kick I get when I sing show tunes to annoy my...

Are you afraid of dying?

The movie scene has been repeated too many times to count. A pretty damsel clings to a rocky cliff face. The sinking boat leaves hundreds...

The Stand

So what can I say What can I do but offer this heart, O God completely to You? These are the words that come to my heart as I sit down to...

The God of whatever

A belated Happy New Year to you! My first post of 2019, and already a month has passed by - I doubt I'm alone in feeling a slight sense...

Of mess and majesty

To my knees I fall beside a messy manger. This babe, this majesty, is swimming in tears and I look at my Saviour's screwed-up face to see...

This is the unmaking

My thoughts today are inspired by Nichole Nordeman's song, The Unmaking. Have a listen here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VQkHD15J7HI...

Raindrops and rainbows

“Lord, where is Your unfailing love? You promised it to David with a faithful pledge.” Psalm 89:49 I echo the Psalmist’s words as I close...

A beautiful thing

“Jesus is here.” Martha scurries to the kitchen while the crowd murmurs in anticipation. They’re gathered at the house of Simon – a...

He's walked this road

“So then, since we have a great High Priest who has entered heaven, Jesus the Son of God, let us hold firmly to what we believe. This...

Our Royal Duty

Another little one in the royal family - regardless of your thoughts regarding the public's fascination with William and Catherine, the...

Thoughts for Easter

The cup. God took it, filled it up with all the sins of the world and placed it before Jesus: the cup of suffering. No wonder Jesus was...

Look beyond this life

“There is more than enough room in my Father’s home. If this were not so, would I have told you that I am going to prepare a place for...

Dry Bones

This song has been speaking to me lately - Come Alive (Dry Bones), by Lauren Daigle: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VuCLqoxigNA "...we...

Miracle Child

God’s miracle-working power does not have to be earth-shattering to be world-changing – nor does it need to be obviously seen in order to...

Made us sufficient

Not good enough. Pity the perfectionists, the timid, the self-confessed sinners and those who think they’re decent people. It’s true for...

Great Love

"I have loved you just as the Father has loved Me; remain in My love (and do not doubt My love for you)." John 15:5 AMP Your love never...

Stepping on the lake

The waves are rolling. The sky is a terrible black. The wind is strong and the water churns – like the stomachs of twelve men who are...

This is my story

Welcome to my blog! This replaces my Wordpress site, christeljeffs91.wordpress.com. I invite you to come on my new blogging journey. I'd...

Note: Those of you who followed my old site (christeljeffs91.wordpress.com) might recognise some of my blogs. Along with new posts, I wish to re-post ones I have already written, in the hope they will continue to inspire us in our faith. 

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