A little over a year ago, I embarked upon a No Buy Year, challenging myself to only purchase necessary items and services (groceries, medical expenses, household bills and a couple of exceptions such as birthday & Christmas gifts for others, though not for myself). I thought it would be fun. It was! But it was a whole lot of other things too.

Did I cheat during my No Buy Year and if so, what did I learn?

31 prayers for the renewal of your church with intergenerational liturgy and sermon ideas on Lazarus, renewal and hope.

20+ years ago, a tick bite changed my life. A suspected case of Queensland Rickettsia Tick Typhus following a bout of Glandular Fever took hold. Almost bedbound, then later housebound, I was unable to continue in my dream job, but ... God never leaves us without a way out.