Finding hope, peace and purpose in every broken thing

Beauty

In the UK you often hear the phrase ‘No news is good news!’ In other words, if you’ve heard nothing, things are probably OK. Why is it we are so quick to spread bad news but fail to celebrate good news? One of our lessons in Peaced Together is about […]

#thoughtfulthursday 15: Share good news

12th April 2018 in Hope / kindness tagged Beauty / connection / Courage / Dreams / Hope / Life / Love wins / Peace / Sharing / smile / social media / Strength / Thankfulness / Transformation by Heidi Singleton (updated 2429 days ago)

Last night was such an exciting night for us at Peaced Together as we won a gold award for ‘best replicable project’ at the Christian Funders Forum awards for 2016. This morning as I reflect on it I am taken back five years before I started this project to a […]

Journey to hope and peace

18th November 2016 in General tagged Beauty / Broken / Hope / Journey / Purpose / Thankfulness by Heidi Singleton

There was once a little girl who loved to visit her Granny’s house. Maybe it was the familiarity of a place that was safe and where she was loved, maybe it was her Grandpa’s strawberries growing in the garden or the tree house where she and her brother liked to […]

Lessons from a shattered dream

18th May 2016 in Hope tagged Beauty / Brokenness / Courage / Dreams / Freedom / Hope / Peace / Restoration / Strength / Thankfulness by Heidi Singleton (updated 3068 days ago)

Everywhere I look I see such brokenness! Broken relationships, broken people! Pain and despair! It can be overwhelming, when was the last time you heard an encouraging, uplifting story being reported on the news? We are surrounded by images of a broken, hurting world. So often we try to drown […]

My personal manifesto (a work in progress)

4th May 2016 in Hope tagged Beauty / Brokenness / Courage / Despair / Freedom / Hope / Peace / Strength / Suffering / Thankfulness by Heidi Singleton (updated 3068 days ago)

I love fabric! I can’t pass a fabric shop without going in and rummaging through the remnant bin, the possibility that I may find a treasure to include in my next quilt! Then with each sewing project I complete (or try to complete!) I squirrel away those precious cut offs, […]

When life hands you rags…

20th April 2016 in Hope tagged Beauty / Courage / Forgiveness / Hope / Memories / Peace / Quilting / Restoration / Thankfulness by Heidi Singleton (updated 3068 days ago)