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(Week 5) Helmet of Salvation

A different sort of race to run.

2018, armour of god, Ephesians, ephesians 6, hope, race, running, salvation, winter

(Week 3) Feet Fitted with Peace

Our feet can walk the road ahead with peace because Jesus has walked there before us.

2018, armour of god, death, jesus, peace, winter

(Week 1) Belt of Truth

A constant for unconstants

2018, armour of god, belt of truth, Ephesians, power, truth, winter

Do your thoughts reflect fullness of life?

I want a mindset that is a stronghold for God’s purposes and equips me for that.

2018, battle of the mind, meditation, mind sets, mindset, reflections, thinking, thought-patterns, thoughts, winter

The Interviews

Chapter 10 of ‘Love Does’, by Bob Goff

2018, 9/11, Bob Goff, book, book review, extraordinary, love, winter

Poem: Song for a Winter Birth

from the anthology ‘haphazard by starlight’

2017, advent poem, christmas poem, expectancy, incarnation, incarnation poem, nativity, nativity poem, poem, poetry commentary, winter, winter poem

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

On Resting

What I’ve been learning about rest + some practicalities

2017, balance, busy, busyness, New Year's, pace, peace, reflection, resolutions, rest, time, winter, work

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

Poem: Blackbird in Fulham

from the anthology ‘haphazard by starlight’

2017, advent, awaiting, dawning, expectancy, hope, John the Baptist, light, poem, poetry, winter

Michaelmas Term 2017

A little look back at the last couple of months…

2017, commandments, hope, love, matthew 22, michaelmas term, winter

Dorothy Day – “Jesus, they have no wine”

Selected quotes from ‘Dorothy Day: Selected Writings’

2017, catholicism, community, Dorothy Day, holy folly, love, poverty, wine, winter

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