Written by Jill Nugent Home for most of us is a special place. There are many quotes that reflect its specialness. For example ‘There’s no place like home.’ ‘Home is where the heart is.’ ‘Home is a shelter from storms.’ ‘Home is where you feel safe.’ Home is mentioned often in the Bible. Jesus was invited into people’s homes – Zacchaeus, Simon Peter, Mary and Martha to mention a few. He ate meals, healed and taught people in homes. He was surprised by a paralysed man

I am writing to you from Osu which is in Accra, Ghana. As many of you already know, I am completing the last two weeks of my sabbatical programme, which was foiled last year. My focus is "Keeping faith in the face of trauma" and I am thinking particularly about the effects of generations of trauma. I will also seek to tie that into recent “trauma”. This journey to Ghana has been vital to my research. Some little things that may