On the morning of Trump’s election, I feel loss. But amidst this loss, I lift my eyes to the Lord and remember that all is not lost.
Category: Faith
“It was not done in a corner!”
“In nature I see a transiency, the withering of plants and the changing seasons, but also a constancy, the indifference of all that will stay when I am gone. This is particularly acute when I gaze at the stars with the awareness that when the light of the stars as they are now has reached Earth, I won’t be here to view them.”
Generosity
A story that was told at HT last Sunday, two markers of generosity, and a passage in Acts.
Reblog: ‘Why Justice?’
Originally posted on Why Justice?:
Justice is working for restoration, working to make the world more reflective of the grace and…
“It’s not something you’re ever going to get over”
Lucy’s words to me on Monday night about the love of God.
Santa Hats in Windows
Reality doesn’t fit into neat boxes and doesn’t go the way you’d expect, and that’s so hugely apparent in Christianity. It’s a religion that you couldn’t have guessed. The universe it offers us, the King it gives us, isn’t the one we’d make up for ourselves.
Amazing Grace
We never ‘graduate’ from grace.
Justice is Restoration
The whole of the Bible leads us towards seeking a world that models God’s justice. Here’s how to do that.
“Take Heart!”
These words never fail to make a sense of calm wash over me. I needed them today. Serving suggestion: read slowly.
Journal of God at work
The first month of a starting a journal and where I’ve got to!
Joy is made complete
The truth that the gospel proclaims is the truth by which my joy is made complete
Be Perfect
Christians are to do the exact opposite of the turn-of-phrase ‘don’t put all your eggs in one basket’. Christians aren’t to be people who are ‘hedging their bets’ – we are to stake absolutely everything on the salvation we have in Jesus Christ.
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