My father, who loved poetry, recited this passage of the Morte D'Arthur to me a few times and I have loved it ever since. And slowly answer'd Arthur from the barge: "The old order changeth, yielding place to new, And God fulfils Himself in … [Continue reading]
How the Different Denominations See Each Other

Hat tip Mark Meynell … [Continue reading]
Working Restfully
We were created to work out of a place of rest, Sally writes in a beautiful blog post. Indeed! These are increasingly red lights for me: Being over-tired, being stressed, over-working, being anxious, obsessing. Because you see, his yoke is … [Continue reading]
An Indian Summer and personal catch-up
An older picture of our house on an Indian summer day. Except we now have a 30 sq. m conservatory in front of the white wall. It's a gorgeous Indian Summer in Oxford at the moment. I said to Roy, "The weather is so … [Continue reading]
Human Sacrifices: “Anything Else You Worship Will Eat You Alive,” David Foster Wallace

Willa Cather famously said, "The God of Art demands human sacrifices." Well, if one sets excellence in an art or science or craft or business as the goal of one's life, then, yes, it will demand a human sacrifice--your very self. However, if you … [Continue reading]
God is the most winsome of all beings and His service one of unspeakable pleasure–A.W. Tozer
Satan’s first attack on the human race was his sly effort to destroy Eve’s confidence in the kindness of God. Unfortunately for her and for us, he succeeded too well. From that day, men have had a false conception of God, and it is exactly this that … [Continue reading]
Busyness is not just FROM the Devil, it IS the Devil (Carl Gustav Jung)
An interesting idea to explore. I came across that statement about 25 years ago in Richard Foster's classic, "Celebration of Discipline." As someone who always has lots of books and movies she wants to read and see, places she wants to travel to, … [Continue reading]
A sunny moment at Greenbelt 2011

One day, I will remember to tote a camera around me with me. Till then, here's a picture from Greenbelt, 2011. Clockwise, Alan Crawley, Lesley Crawley and Tim Skellett, or Gurdur, the atheist who rashly threw himself to the Christian lions, and me, … [Continue reading]
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