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Behind the Nativity scenes
May the lord, when he comes, find us watching and waiting From morning prayer in Advent Working in a church as Christmas approaches means doing two jobs at once. One task is to continue our walk through the liturgical year. … Continue reading
Posted in Blogging by Candlelight, Faith
Tagged Bellringing, Christmas, discernment, faith, Jesus, musings on life and death
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Follow Jesus and win a signed photo
Moses was old, a chill in his bones This autumn, I celebrate. It is now twenty years since I moved to London. That is about half of my life. The halls of residence I moved into that first year are … Continue reading
Posted in Blogging by Candlelight, Faith, Nostalgia, PhD
Tagged Anecdotes, Bellringing, Calling, discernment, faith, Frank Turner, Tents
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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
Posted in Blogging by Candlelight, Faith, Life
Tagged discernment, faith, Life, powerlifting
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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
Posted in Blogging by Candlelight, Faith, Life, Sport
Tagged faith, Life, powerlifting, Sport
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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
Posted in Blogging by Candlelight, Careers, Faith, Life
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
Posted in Blogging by Candlelight, Careers, Faith, Life
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
Posted in Blogging by Candlelight, Careers, Faith, Life
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 Blogging by Candlelight, 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
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Tagged careers, faith, getting the hang of this now, humour
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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
