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Weekly Devotional: Old Self, New Self
Read: Ephesians 4:17-25 Throw off your old sinful nature and your former way of life . . . . Put on your new nature, created to be like God—truly righteous and holy (Ephesians 4:22-24) I once was treated to a makeover in which a generous friend not only bought me gorgeous clothes, but arranged for a…
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Watercolor Wednesday: Drizzly Grey
The weather in London has looked a lot like this painting lately. Grey, drizzly, chilly, and with only periodic bursts of sunshine. I know for a lot of people, January feels dull and grey too. It can feel a hard month because of the effort we may put into the resolutions made at the beginning…
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Five-Minute Friday: No Motivation Required
Someone once said about me that I eat work. There’s a bit of truth to that statement, for I love to pursue a project until it’s done. But the downside to loving work is that I can take too much on. Do too much. Write too much. Speak too much. Have too many things taking…
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What I Read in 2017
For me, 2017 was to be a year of jubilee. For several reasons, it didn’t turn out that way, not least because I powered on with my MA in Christian spirituality, sometimes appearing as a crazed woman while juggling other writing and speaking engagements along with reading the assigned academic articles and writing the coursework,…
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Christmas Greetings!
On this Christmas Eve, we wait and watch and wonder. Pondering the gift of Jesus, the Son of God, born a baby. If you are rushed with a long list of tasks to prepare and feeling hassled; if you’re sad because this Christmas feels different because of people not with you; if you feel quiet…
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God With Us
“Christ with me, Christ before me, Christ behind me, Christ within me, Christ beneath me, Christ above me, Christ at my right, Christ at my left . . .” These hymn lyrics, written by the fifth-century Celtic Christian St. Patrick, echo in my mind when I read Matthew’s account of Jesus’s birth. They feel like…
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Watercolor Wednesday: Advent wreaths – or not
We’ve had a different sort of Advent in our home this year, as I didn’t realize I had none of our Advent candles stashed away like I usually do. Getting them (we go for three purples, a pink, and a white one) meant a jaunt to the next High Street where parking is a nightmare,…
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Five Minute Friday: The Ache of Feeling Different
“I like your trainers,” said one of my new husband’s fellow theological college (US: seminary) students. “My trainers?” I asked, not knowing what he was talking about. He pointed down to my feet, and I realized he must be talking about my tennis shoes. “Oh, thank you!” I said. “I didn’t realize you all had…
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From Graduand to Graduate
Recently I learned a new word: graduand. It’s the status of one who has earned a degree but not yet been awarded it. And that’s what I was from October, when I heard my results, until yesterday, when I had the joy and honour to receive the piece of paper saying I have an MA…
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Weekly Devotional: My soul magnifies the Lord by Amy Robinson
Advent is a time of waiting and welcome. Waiting for the coming King, not only to celebrate his coming as a baby but for him to come again. Welcoming as we make room for him in our lives, a laughable thought for many as we juggle carol services, baking tasks, shopping for gifts… But some…
