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Hello, and welcome to my site, it’s great to see you here.<\/p>\n

I’m Liz, and I live in Wellington, Shropshire, with my husband Tim who is a Vicar in the Church of England, and our children. When I was eight years old, I decided I wanted to be an author, and wrote my first book.<\/p>\n

It took me many more years to start writing in earnest, largely because of a chronic illness which has plagued me all my life. It has shaped a lot of how I see life, because it’s something I’ve never been able to escape. It brings a lot of pain and there are times I can’t leave my home for days and weeks.<\/p>\n

Yet I’m so passionate about Jesus and the hope that he brings, and love to share stories about transformed lives. I don’t pretend to have easy answers to the problem of suffering, but I’m on a journey with a God who loves me and delights in me. And it’s been in the deepest depths of pain where I’ve found God there too, walking it with me.<\/p>\n

You may wonder why this website is called ‘Great Adventure.’ After all, I’m sick. How can life be a Great Adventure when lived within the cage of chronic illness?That is just the point, though. The Great Adventure that I see in my life isn’t to do with bungee jumping or paragliding or skiing or extreme water sports – as much as I’d love all that stuff.<\/p>\n

My Great Adventure is a life lived with God. A life where every day is an adventure, because God made us for so much more than we can imagine.\u00a0So Great Adventure<\/em> is a bittersweet title, reminding me both of my limitations and my liberty.<\/p>\n

I love reading and try to do regular book reviews – have a look at some of them here.<\/a> I’m also a fan of fairtrade dresses and Cadbury’s chocolate, which is the reason I exist (this is actually, honestly, literally true. Ask me about it sometime.) And turquoise.<\/p>\n

Please do follow me on Twitter<\/a><\/p>\n

And Facebook<\/a><\/p>\n

And Instagram<\/a><\/p>\n

And YouTube<\/a><\/p>\n

And TikTok<\/a><\/p>\n

Have a look around the site, especially at the blog posts<\/a>, for a taste of what I’m all about.<\/p>\n

And find my books here.<\/a><\/p>\n

I would also love you to sign up to my email updates. You’ll get the latest news, and sometimes a freebie – at the moment, everyone who signs up gets a free download of my Bible study course Catching Contentment: a six session Bible study course.<\/i><\/p>\n\n

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