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Uncategorized by RachelJan 31, 20203:02 pm
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I am making choices

Small metaphorical alarm bells sound in my head on Wednesday evening as I find myself at community group struggling to keep focused. If there is such a thing as ‘present without leave’ then I am […]

Uncategorized by RachelJan 14, 20207:00 pm
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Why I stopped flying.

In 2017, I took my last flight. I knew before I went to Vienna with my friend Amy that it was going to be my last flight. I had already reached the point of active […]

Uncategorized by RachelJan 12, 20201:31 pm
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Saving Grace

What makes us worthy? That we are God’s.

Uncategorized by RachelJan 11, 20205:44 pm
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What is the nature of hope?

half-baked thoughts on the metaphysics of hope

Uncategorized by RachelDec 28, 20194:58 pm
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Thoughts on 2019

Another year has gone. Once again I find myself amazed and bewildered by how much can change, and yet how quickly change turns into routine. 18 months out and Cambridge is already ‘two lives’ ago. […]

Uncategorized by RachelDec 6, 20195:36 pm
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advent, waiting

What does it mean to say ‘My Lord’?

Uncategorized by RachelNov 24, 20196:54 pm
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they didn’t tell me about the grey

Bad poetry seems to be the order of the week friends (sorry). A continuing theme of the last few years has been realising life’s indeterminacy and navigating personal disappointments – both my own and those […]

Uncategorized by RachelNov 22, 20191:30 pm
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wisdom + worship

Recognition of worthiness unites wisdom and worship. This past week I’ve been thinking about this connection, and about holding together authority with vulnerability, justice with trust, and conviction with risk. I’ve been writing the below […]

Uncategorized by RachelNov 12, 20198:49 pm
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holding to light

Maybe it’s the nights getting colder, and the feeling of setting out home in the dark – but I’ve been thinking a lot about holding onto light this week. “Let there be light” God says, […]

Uncategorized by RachelOct 20, 201911:45 am
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making peace

‘Blessed are the peacemakers‘ When I think of peace, I think of white doves, olive branches and conscientious objectors. Peace requires solitude, demands silence, tastes bland, and is the preserve of the feeble and naïve. […]

Uncategorized by RachelSep 2, 20196:56 pm
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“If you keep doing what you’re doing,

…you’ll keep getting what you’re getting”

Uncategorized by RachelAug 18, 20192:35 pm
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What would have been

Our choices are important, but they are not foreclosing of what is most important.

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