Emma Scrivener was born in Belfast, but now lives with her husband in the south east of England. She suffered from life-threatening anorexia as a child and as an adult. She now speaks and writes about her experiences at www.emmascrivener.net. Her … [Continue reading]
Thin Places: Where the veil between the physical and spiritual worlds is almost transparent
The High Cross at Fflad-y-Brenin Celtic Christians prized “thin places,” where the boundaries between the spiritual and physical world are almost transparent. Where we can sense shimmering in the physical world the just-as-real, invisible, … [Continue reading]
Discovering your Unique Voice as a Writer or Blogger; Or, who’s afraid of C.S. Lewis?
Thomas Merton I enjoyed Michael Ward of Planet Narnia’s lecture on C. S. Lewis at Wycliffe College’s Summer School. Rilke faced with the Archaic Torso of Apollo, with sheer beauty, feels he has wasted his life. His poem ends “You must revise your … [Continue reading]
When your Theology makes you Cry: Your Theology is Too Small!
From the early Catholic monks who established Oxford’s oldest colleges; to John Wycliffe, the Morning Star of the Reformation; to Cranmer, Latimer and Ridley burnt at the stake; to John Owen and the Puritans; to Wesley and Whitfield who launched … [Continue reading]
Write, first and foremost, for the joy of it: Lessons from the life of John Owen
A lecture in the course I just attended on Oxford’s Christian history was on John Owen, the Puritan divine who was Vice-Chancellor of Oxford University. Read John Piper’s eloquent tribute to him here.Owen, despite ill health and personal tragedy (all … [Continue reading]
The Best Way to Develop the Virtue of Humility
C. S. Lewis says we develop humility by getting to know God. “God wants you to know Him: wants to give you Himself. And He and you are two things of such a kind that if you really get into any kind of touch with Him you will, in fact, be humble - … [Continue reading]
John Wesley’s Cry: Let’s Stand Apart from a Generation of Triflers
Here is John Wesley’s scathing last sermon to the University of Oxford “So many of you are a generation of triflers; triflers with God, with one another, and with your own souls? For, how few of you spend, from one week to another, a single hour … [Continue reading]
In Which I Discover that my Calling as a Christian and as a Writer are One and the Same!
For many years, I felt guilty about having a calling which was not directly compatible with motherhood, i.e. being a writer.This guilt was fomented by some well-meaning, and some envious people. Samples: “Well, I love baking, but my children need a … [Continue reading]
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