Rosemary Hector
Rosemary Hector is a freelance writer who has an occasional blog jetlaggrandmablog.wordpress.com For those with family at the other end of the world. She is also the author of A Quickening, a series of reflections and poems for Christmas (Muddy Pearl).
OpinionThe Bible references old age, but has little on the role of grandparent
‘This is a role over which one has absolutely no control. Nobody invites you to become a grandparent! Reactions vary hugely, from delight, to dismay at becoming ‘old’ to everything in between,’ says Rosemary Hector, as she shares some of her experiences of becoming a grandparent.
OpinionGod spoke to me about 2025 through an origami star
‘A sense of God’s time, and of God’s hand on our lives, whether we are deadline driven, locked into caring, or folding paper, is something we can cultivate this new year,’ says Rosemary Hector.
OpinionPolitical treachery? Spying? Welcome to the first Christmas
At the time of Christ’s birth, ‘peace’ was maintained by the Roman occupying force, but under the surface, spying and oppression countered the risk of rebellion, says Rosemary Hector. Today Palestine and Israel are engulfed in appalling suffering, how far is that from the first Christmas?
OpinionBoys and men aren't a problem to be solved but they could do with some more Christian encouragement
The world is starting to realise that men can be left feeling short changed. Rosemary Hector reflects on how we can address the imbalance.
OpinionThe shepherds would have been dismissed as unreliable witnesses
Uncouth, unclean and tattily dressed, the shepards would have been the last people you’d want to vouch for you, and yet Jesus revealed himself to them first. Rosemary Hector reflects on the radical nature of the way Jesus came to earth.
