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Finding Myself in Britain (The Kingdom Life Now)
I didn’t know that the fairy tale would be so hard. After all, my dreams had come true – I had finally found my prince, a man who loved the Lord and loved me. The courtship and engagement whirled past in a rush of plans and excitement. I knew I’d have to quit my job…
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Longing for Home
A recurring theme in Finding Myself in Britain is the longing for home. What is home? How do we find or create it? What do we define as home? When Nicholas and I first married, we agreed to call the place where we were living “home.” Not only did this help us in the biblical…
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The Day They Buried Diana – Finding Myself in Britain
The day Princess Diana was buried was massively important in my life. I wasn’t that much of an Anglophile, but having met and fell in love with a visiting Englishman to Washington, DC, I became a committed Anglophile, so to speak. But then – shock, horror – this vicar-in-training gave Diana the dozen roses I was…
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Devotional of the week: Hunger Satisfied (2 in Luke 4 series)
Jesus ate nothing all that time and became very hungry. (Luke 4:2) When I refrain from eating, I can become snappy and irritable. A little hunger in my belly can turn my mood sour. Add some tiredness and I can morph into someone you’d best avoid. I like this little verse tucked in the story…
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“You Said What!?” Radio interview for Finding Myself in Britain
Yesterday I so enjoyed being interviewed on Premier Christian Radio. I was a guest on the Inspirational Breakfast show (you can hear my portion of the show here) with host John Pantry, who (amazingly) has been with Premier as long as I’ve been in the UK – 18 years! I loved hearing his stories in…
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Announcement: Book-Baby #2 is gestating!
“I should have written that Lent book.” That was my offhand comment to the wonderful Karen Laister of BRF (Bible Reading Fellowship) at the Woman Alive/BRF women’s day in Woking over the summer. Imagine my surprise when a month or so later I received an invitation to write the 2017 BRF Lent book! I had…
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Gathering the community: My first bookshop launch of Finding Myself in Britain
Last night was my first bookshop event for Finding Myself in Britain – sometimes I have to pinch myself that yes indeed, I have written a book-baby and yes, I get to go to some lovely places to speak to some lovely people about it! The rain poured down as I chugged along in the…
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Losing our lives to find them – Sermon on Matthew 10
How we find our lives when we lose them… the subject of the sermon I gave at our church at the book launch on Sunday, 27 September. Have a listen; I’d love to hear what you think.
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Devotional of the week: Led by the Spirit (1 in Luke 4 series)
Time for a new devotional series! I’ve loved reading Dallas Willard’s books, and also one that came out shortly after he died, Eternal Living: Reflections on Dallas Willard’s Teaching on Faith and Formation. Dallas stressed the importance of memorizing Scripture and of rereading the gospels, pondering them and chewing them over so that we would…
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Strengthening our Vision: How my son’s eye challenges made us stronger
A simple sticker, but when I saw it, the memories came rushing back. I had unearthed from the loft (US: attic) a bunch of mailing envelopes to send out my book in, which CutiePyeGirl found intriguing. In the midst of them she found this little sticker and presented it to me with a flourish. When…
