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Christianity unwrapped: notes from the second year
Surprising conversations with the Vicar Part IV: 1 The Lord said to me again, ‘Go, love a woman who has a lover and is an adulteress, just as the Lord loves the people of Israel, though they turn to other … Continue reading
Unto thee, O Lord, do I lift up my soul
When I was a child 11 When I was a child, I spoke like a child, I thought like a child, I reasoned like a child… — from 1 Corinthians 13:11, NRSVA In school, I hated sports. During PE rounders … Continue reading
Ambivalence, reluctance and the Jesus scale
About eight months or so ago, I started talking about the concept of a scale of faith in Christ. I christened it the Jesus scale. Here is a diagram: On the far left, you have antitheism, hard determinism, militant atheism, … Continue reading
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Tagged career, careers, challenge, clams, discernment, doubt, faith, PGF/TikZ, prayer, the Jesus scale
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Desires of my heart
Let the little children come to me 14Jesus said, “Let the little children come to me, and do not hinder them, for the kingdom of heaven belongs to such as these.” — Matthew 19:14, NIV Once St Mary’s clocked that … Continue reading
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Tagged career, careers, Children’s ministry, discernment, faith, Life
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What do you do when God comes for your LinkedIn?
My Father’s house has many rooms 2 My Father’s house has many rooms; if that were not so, would I have told you that I am going there to prepare a place for you? 3 And if I go and … Continue reading
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Tagged alternative careers, Ambivalence, Blogging, careers, faith, Life, LinkedIn, Social media
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Bookshelf
Recovery You’re reading again. my brother remarked, last fall. You said you couldn’t read before. I jolted. It was true. When I am depressed I lose the ability to read books. This is one of the worst symptoms. Staring at … Continue reading
Posted in Book Reviews, Faith, Life
Tagged Book review, discernment, faith, Life, Vocation
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Perfect love casts out bitterness
18 There is no fear in love, but perfect love casts out fear; for fear has to do with punishment, and whoever fears has not reached perfection in love. — 1 John 4:18, NRSVA That escalated quickly. How was morning … Continue reading
Milestones and Morning Prayer
2023 Morning Prayer is said each weekday at St Mary’s. Last year I took to going semi-regularly, on Tuesdays. Because it gets me out of the house, I explain. I go to the gym on Tuesdays, in the morning, I … Continue reading
John Jackson OBE (1934 – 2023)
It is good to read about a life well-lived, I think. Especially if you struggle with your own existential dread. (Following Covid, isn’t that all of us, to a degree?) My mother’s Uncle, John, to us “Uncle John” even though … Continue reading
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Tagged Burton Albion FC, faith, in loving memory, John Jackson, Life, obituary, unlikely fandom
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