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Today is Christmas Eve

A long while ago now, I read an article about someone whose brother had died,
“There’s a phrase,” she says, “‘the situation is hopeless, but not serious’. That’s how I see life, and all these things that are just dreadful. If you don’t laugh at them, you would curl up in a heap and wail.”

2017, christmas, christmas eve, haphazard, haphazard by starlight, hope, jesus, light, light of the world, poetry, reflection, reflections, serious, thought, winter

A Countdown to Hope (it’s advent)

The greatest has come – to serve and love and share life with the least. The author has written Himself into the story.

2017, advent, creation, death, expectancy, glory, hope, jesus, messiah, shepherds, winter

Multiplier

Unfiltered musings

2017, cross, dependence, Dorothy Day, jesus, multiplier, offering, pace, peace, winter, zechariah

(1) Week Gentleness

Reflections on week gentleness

2017, autumn, fruit of the spirit, gentleness, humility, jesus, Luke, Luke 7, reflections

What’s your answer for death?

Some thoughts-processing

death, glory, jesus, Luke, prayer, zechariah

Thinking about a tree

Thinking about the tree that Jesus was crucified on.

2017, autumn, blue-bottle, creation, crucifixion, jesus, thoughts, trinity, wonder

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

The Bride of Christ

Trying to work through some thoughts I had about God’s love for us!

2017, hosea, Jeremiah, jesus, love, picture of love, sex, spring

40 Days of Vegan (small thoughts, bigger reflection)

How vitamin B12 supplements are becoming dear friends.

2017, animals, christian, Christianity, climate change, environment, global warming, jesus, justice, Lent, vegan, vegetarian

Thoughts for today, at the end of Lent

It’s Easter Sunday! Hallelujah!

2017, easter, easter sunday, forgiveness, good friday, hope, I AM, injustice, jesus, John, Lent, rejoice, resurrection, spring, transformation

At Easter

Palm branches, a crown of thorns, a wooden cross, and an empty tomb

2017, cross, crucifixion, easter, good friday, good news, jesus, matthew, maundy thursday, palm sunday, poetry, resurrection, scripture, spring

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