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Here you will find weekly blog posts about disability, chronic illness, theology, the Church and more so if those topics interest you, be sure to check back here for more posts soon!

Knowing God – Interview with Jemma Brown

What is your name and what does it mean?
My name is Jemma Brown and it means precious gem which is very fitting as I was a long awaited baby! It took my parents 10 years to conceive me hence I’m my parents precious gem.

Knowing God – Interview with Emily Owen

What is your name and what does it mean?
My name is Emily which, according to Google, means ‘industrious’ or ‘rival’. My middle name is Louise which, so Google informs me, means ‘famous warrior.’

1 Year Review and Looking Forward…

I cannot believe that after creating a Twitter account one year ago, YouBelong would be what it is now and heading in the direction it seems to be!

Jesus Rises from the Dead

The stress, busy-ness and pressure has been gradually building in my household over the last month or two as work tasks have increased, hospital appointments have built up, ongoing jobs from the past year need tying up and we prepare for Christmas and the new year. There have been blood, sweat and tears physically and metaphorically! But those things are coming to end, nothing more can be done, and it’s time to stop and relax and ‘let the good times roll’!

Transitions (life update!)

Autumn is a key time of change in the year so being in that time as I go through transitions in my own life makes it easier to remember that though the leaves change colour, when they do so, they are beautiful! Then, they die and fall off BUT they grow back again. The tree doesn’t die, it just changes and adapts to what is going on around it and that is exactly what we have to do, with God guiding us every step of the way.