Helen Hindle

Let nothing disturb you.
Let nothing frighten you.
All things pass away.
God never changes.
Patience obtains all things.
They who have God lack nothing.
God alone is enough.

— St Teresa of Avila

A prayer for Prisons Week Lord, you offer freedom to all people. We pray for those in prison. Break the bonds of fear and isolation that exist. Support with your love all prisoners, their families and friends, prison staff, and all who care. Heal those who have been wounded by the activities of others, especially the victims of crime. Help us to forgive one another, and to act justly, love mercy and walk humbly together with Christ in his strength and in his Spirit, now and every day. Amen.

A prayer for Prisons Week, which begins today.

A portrait of Julian of Norwich Be a Gardener Dig a ditch Toil and sweat And turn the earth upside down And seek the deepness And water plants in time Continue this labour And make sweet floods to run and noble and abundant fruits to spring Take this food and drink and carry it to God as your true worship (Julian of Norwich)

#ToPray✝️

Be a Gardener
Dig a ditch
Toil and sweat
And turn the earth upside down
And seek the deepness
And water plants in time
Continue this labour
And make sweet floods to run & noble & abundant fruits to spring
Take this food & drink & carry it to God as your true worship

(Julian of Norwich)

A place to belong: a reflection for World Older People’s Day Wednesday coming is the 1st October, which as every year, is World Older People’s Day. In the UK, the theme adopted for the day by Ageing Better is “Building Belonging: Celebrating the power of our

A place to belong: a reflection for World Older People’s Day. #belonging #ageing #place #community #WorldOlderPersonsDay

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A place to belong: a reflection for World Older People’s Day

This week‘s #podcast focuses on the idea of #belonging and what it means in #olderage in anticipation of #WorldOlderPersonsDay. #dignity, #community, #humanrights.

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World Alzheimer’s Day: Announcing the 2025 Dementia Trust Disruption Awards Winners The Dementia Trust is delighted to announce the 2025 disruption awards winners. Today, on World Alzheimer’s Day , we are proud to unveil the winners of the 2025 Dementia Trust Disruption Awards - ...

So excited - our #@qubelfastofficial.bsky.social #Dementia conference to start World Alzheimer’s month- @stephcraigrn.bsky.social is now ending it with an award from The Dementia Trust in partnership with Dementia NI -on World Alzheimer’s Day- dementiatrust.org/news-and-vie...

The Distinctiveness of Social Care Nursing – A Call to Discernment Just occasionally in a conversation or an exchange you hear a word, and it sparks imagination or memory. I was fortunate and have been now for a few weeks to be listening to the Ctrl

The Distinctiveness of Social Care Nursing – A Call to Discernment. #nursing #socialcarenursing #relationship #discernment #socialcare #leadership.

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What is Old Age For? - Sarum College A day on personal and professional reflections about ageing.

"What is old age for?" Join Julia Burton-Jones, T&D Lead for Anna Chaplaincy at BRF & our very own @woodwardjames.bsky.social at @sarumcollege.bsky.social on 2nd Oct. "There is adventure and new things to discover about ourselves, our faith and the world around us." www.sarum.ac.uk/short-course...

Ooh this looks interesting.

#MorningPrayer
Refresh in us, Lord,
day by day and hour by hour,
our awareness of your presence,
of your dwelling in us and among us.
As we navigate
the opportunities and challenges,
the possibilities and temptations of life,
help us hear and follow your voice,
your call to love.

Caterpillars on a broccoli plant

We may not have much broccoli, but we will have lots of cabbage white butterflies in the garden.

#greatandsmall

A hare has taken up residence in our garden #greatandsmall

Learning about the value of play during my research in care homes was transformational on a personal level for me.

Courageous Leadership: Leading with conscience, curiosity and commitment Not for the first time and I suspect not the last – I found myself standing in an airport bookshop a few weeks ago – looking at the array of books to entice the traveller

Courageous Leadership: Leading with conscience, curiosity and commitment. #leadership #socialcare #courage #politics

scottishcare.org/courageous-l...

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Living from the wounded side Christ’s pierced body helps me understand my...

“Having a colostomy bag is something associated with ill and older—and therefore vulnerable—people. Yet the One Who Saves has a side wound, too. He carries it forever into the being of God.”

– @revrachelmann.bsky.social

www.christiancentury.org/voices/livin...

I light tonight’s #candleforcare in recognition and appreciation of the critical role of #friendship for all ages but not least in #olderage on the eve of #InternationalFriendshipDay.

Open access article @practicaltheology.bsky.social Growing in wisdom in old age- the need to research wisdom from the perspective of older people living in care @biaptheology.bsky.social @tandfresearch.bsky.social www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....

Bee on sea holly

Off to be a judge #Hallmark #CareHomes #garden competition. They've incorporated our 'Care Culture Map' evidence into criteria this year. Excited to see and hear how They've applied this to benefit residents.

The quiet art of listening. Yesterday (July 18) was World Listening Day, which was established on the birthday of Raymond Murray Schafer, a Canadian composer and environmentalist who is seen as the founder of acoustic ecology. B...

The quiet art of listening. #socialcare #WorldListeningDay #olderage #dignity #care

scottishcare.org/the-quiet-ar...

Congratulations!

Our latest volume (13.1) of Heath and Social Care Chaplaincy is now available online… lots to read with contributions by @drlcarey.bsky.social @danielnuzum.bsky.social @piretpaal.bsky.social and many others

journal.equinoxpub.com/HSCC/issue/v...

Summer grieving: the harshness of the sun of loss In Scotland, where summer is let’s be honest somewhat fleeting - a brief burst of light and warmth between long winters and now seemingly over by May - the summer season here as elsewhere can

This week’s blog explores the issue of #grief and #loss in #summer. What’s it like to feel alone and lonely in the season of #sunshine? #Summer grieving: the harshness of the sun of loss. #bereavement #absence #loneliness scottishcare.org/summer-griev...

Dancing with wisdom towards shalom: what I learned from older people living in residential care homes Wisdom is associated with older age in psychosocial and spiritual models of development. However research in this area does not include the voices of older people living in residential care homes. ...

I’m loving that this was published during the week of the British Society of Gerontology annual conference. Lots of people thinking about this very topic, myself included!
doi.org/10.1080/1756...

Divine hospitality, shalom and a sense of home? A theological reflection based on the voices of older people living in residential care homes Giving hospitality is recognised as important for older people living in residential care homes, and the formation of hospitable relationships is one way that care homes can become more homelike. I...

It was also a privilege to share this paper at the British Society of Gerontology Conference #BSG2025 and to hear about research about beer and food in care homes in the same stream. Had a great time, thank you!

www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....

It was a privilege to share this paper at the British Society of Gerontology Conference 2025 this week.

In Deaf theology we say signed languages were present at Pentecost too. Language is more than spoken.

THE SECOND COLLECT For Peace O God, who art the author of peace and lover of concord, in knowledge of whom standeth our eternal life, whose service is perfect freedom; Defend us thy humble servants in all assaults of our enemies; that we, surely trusting in thy defence, may not fear the power of any adversaries; through the might of Jesus Christ our Lord. Amen.

I presented a theological reading of this gem. The satisfaction of the desire for peace is not within the natural power of humanity, for even concord (agreement, a rugged commitment to seek the good of the other) is divinely authored. We have no power of ourselves to help ourselves. ⚓️

We've got a packed schedule this spring - from open days to lectures to our annual summer school 🌞

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Woodland with bluebells covering the ground

When through the woods and forest glades I wander, and hear the birds sing sweetly in the trees…