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On turning 20…

Thoughts+reflections upon entering a second decade!

2017, aged 20, aging, birthday, birthday reflections, reflection, reflections, student blog, summer, thoughts

Easter Term 2017

Photos from my last term of second year!

2017, Cambridge, Easter term, Hebrews, newnham, student, summer

Meeting Emma Thompson

Heartbreak – “broken plates sitting at the bottom of your rib-cage”

2017, cambridge union, Easter term, emma thompson, heartbreak, humanity, newnham, newnhamite, student

A Reflection on Year 2

Thoughts on the main life lesson I’ve learned in my second year of studying philosophy at the University of Cambridge.

2017, Cambridge, integrity, jesus, life lesson, newnham, philsophy, second year, summer, undergrad, vegan

Eternity in the Human Heart

A reflection after the terror attacks in Manchester and London.

2017, death, Ecclesiastes, eternity, grief, hole, hope, immortal, jesus, London, Manchester, mortal, summer, terror attack

6 hours of exams done, 6 to go!

60% of the way there!

birdsong, Cambridge, easter, Easter term, exams, philosophy, undergrad

Rape: Coercion not Consent

An idea taken from a lecture by Catherine Mackinnon on ‘Butterfly Politics’, her new book.

2017, Cambridge, Catherine Mackinnon, coercion, consent, feminist philosophy, Mackinnon, philosophy, rape, spring

Fingerprints

How incredible is it that we are all united in having the most beautiful patterns marking our skin – and yet these patterns are all unique?!

2017, Cambridge, creation, fingerprints, fitzwilliam museum, studying, thank you, thankfulness

When All the World is a Hopeless Jumble: 10 days before my logic exam

Work is currently Not Fun.

2017, Cambridge, exams, logic, philosophy, spring, student blog, studying

The First Job each morning

Time in the morning is good time.

2017, birds, C.S. Lewis, morning, morning routine, spring, Spurgeon

The Kingdom of God is seen in Empty Spaces

being not doing

2017, beautitudes, being not doing, clutter, empty space, empty spaces, kingdom of god, matthew

8 months, 1 Journal

Writing in anticipation of the moment when lots of seemingly ordinary days as recorded on the pages of my journal suddenly reveal another story of God’s grace and faithfulness.

2017, faith journal, faithfulness, journal, journalling, personal, reflections, student journal, thoughts, time

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