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GOD's rich Pattern - A window on the world
GOD's rich Pattern - A window on the world
by SPCK - Dr Lin Berwick
A window on the world The joy of discovering that I had a brain soaking up English literature, music and choral singing was fantastic. I’d had, until blindness struck, only a very basic education. It was really only occupation of the mind, rather than learning life skills. Now, a…
GOD's rich Pattern - A new way of communicating
GOD's rich Pattern - A new way of communicating
by SPCK - Dr Lin Berwick
A new way of communicating The media attention that I have just mentioned took me to places of which I would never have dreamt. A friend, who had multiple sclerosis, ran a regional branch of the Muriel Braddick Foundation. This provided taped music, Christian thought and personal…
GOD's rich Pattern - Dogged determination
GOD's rich Pattern - Dogged determination
by SPCK - Dr Lin Berwick
Dogged determination I had a mixed reaction from people when I entered the local preachers’ meeting. I was questioned by the secretary as to my ability to preach. He said that it would be difficult for me to cope with the public speaking. I explained that I had done over three hu…
GOD's rich Pattern - Shared dark valley
GOD's rich Pattern - Shared dark valley
by SPCK - Dr Lin Berwick
Shared dark valley Every new contact with counselling took me on a different pathway. Through the work with Carematch, Dr Greengross asked me to get involved with SPOD (Sexual Problems of Disabled). It is sobering for some people to realize that people with disabilities are sexua…
GOD's rich Pattern - Treading water
GOD's rich Pattern - Treading water
by SPCK - Dr Lin Berwick
Treading Water I used this limbo period in my life to study and stretch my mind. My family thought it was a complete waste of time, but when you read C. G. Jung, Freud, Ardler, T. A. Harris and many more, then on the religious front many books from the great writers and philosoph…
GOD's rich Pattern - A fine romance
GOD's rich Pattern - A fine romance
by SPCK - Dr Lin Berwick
A fine romance My life was to take a dramatic turn in a way I could never have expected. I had had a client referred to me for bereavement counselling. We had shared nineteen hours. In that time he had gone through many emotions, talking about his late wife, who had died six mont…
GOD's rich Pattern - A new career
GOD's rich Pattern - A new career
by SPCK - Dr Lin Berwick
A new career My good friend, Dr Wendy Greengross, known to many of you as Dr Wendy in the Sun newspaper and for her counseling broadcasts on the BBC’s If You Think You’ve Got Problems programme, had become a great supporter to me from 1976, when I had my first eye removed. She ha…
GOD's rich Pattern - A coming together
GOD's rich Pattern - A coming together
by SPCK - Dr Lin Berwick
A coming together Our friendship blossomed. We had many happy social hours together. It was wonderful helping Ralph to enter into the world of classical music. It was at one such concert, which had the romantic double bill of Tchaikovsky’s Romeo and Juliet, and Rachmaninov’s Seco…
GOD's rich Pattern - Up, up and away
GOD's rich Pattern - Up, up and away
by SPCK - Dr Lin Berwick
Up, up and away The next five years were incredibly rewarding and challenging. As I grew in confidence as a married woman, I grew in my desire to explore the world around me, and Ralph was the one to help me to do it. His attitude of ‘You’re not disabled, you’re just someone who …
GOD's rich Pattern - Another Interesting twist
GOD's rich Pattern - Another Interesting twist
by SPCK - Dr Lin Berwick
Another interesting twist Remember how I said that all the things that have happened so far were part of God’s rich pattern? Broadcasting was still very much my first love, but I never thought an opportunity would come quite like this one. David Wood, the manager at the bank, cam…
GOD's rich Pattern - A change of direction
GOD's rich Pattern - A change of direction
by SPCK - Dr Lin Berwick
A change of direction Thrilled though I was to have employment in the City of London, I could not see myself remaining as a telephonist of a city bank for ever. As much as I tried to do the work to the very best of my ability, after six years I became bored and thought that I had…
GOD's rich Pattern - Taking up the challenge