I am honoured to host this guest post from Penelope Swithinbank. I will be joining her on her pilgrimage along the Via Francigena in Tuscany in September. Might you come too? ONE WAY TO FIND GOD BY PENELOPE SWITHINBANK Complete wholeness – of … [Continue reading]
Moses and the Uses of Failure and Brokenness
Moses was remarkable. Brought up at court as Pharaoh’s grandson, he had the confidence, courage, boldness and the physical strength to kill an Egyptian he saw oppressing his countrymen (Ex 2:11), sort out two Hebrews fighting with each other, (Ex … [Continue reading]
Thinking About Darwin, and What he Lost as He Moved from Theism to Agnosticism
The Tree of Life in Darwin's 1859 Origin of Species I loved Mr Darwin’s Tree, a one act play by Murray Watts, a sort of “memoir” of Darwin--much of it quoted from Darwin’s own letters, journals and books--verbally lovely, rich and bursting with … [Continue reading]
The Spirit of the Lord Hovering over the World
Image Credit Life is not a race. And reading the Bible is not a race. It is more important that we are transformed by it than that we read it in a year. Or blog through it in a year. So while this year, I have, again, kept up with “listening to … [Continue reading]
All is Grace. All is Gift. All is Good, despite our Sehnsucht, indefinable longings!
Caption: The Bay Where St Paul was Shipwrecked, Malta So it’s the last day of this half-term, and I am tired. And my girls who’ve worked hard, and Roy, who’s woken early to drive them to school, are even more tired. We are looking forward to the … [Continue reading]
Zapping Negativity and Worry Through Prayer and Faith
Dr. Barbara Fredrickson in her book Positivity ( Norman Vincent Peale with data) says that “experiencing positive emotions in a 3-to-1 ratio to negative ones leads people to a tipping point beyond which they naturally become more resilient to … [Continue reading]
The Pomodoro Technique, Decluttering, and Progress on New Year’s Goals, Week #5
I’ve experimented with the Pomodoro technique, and think it, more or less. suits me. It's a way of keeping focused and averting distraction by working in an absolutely focused way for 25 minutes, and then taking a 5 minute break (to tidy, do weights, … [Continue reading]
Minimalism and Simplicity
I love Joshua Becker's blog Becoming Minimalist and the idea of Minimalism. The only thing is-- minimalism is not particularly a Biblical idea (not opposed to Biblical ideas or values, just not one of them). Abundance is more of a Biblical … [Continue reading]
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