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Devotional of the week: Come to the waters
Jesus stood and said in a loud voice, “Let anyone who is thirsty come to me and drink. Whoever believes in me, as Scripture has said, rivers of living water will flow from within them.” By this he meant the Spirit, whom those who believed in him were later to receive. (John 7:25–44) Here Jesus…
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My Tangled (Writing) Journey
Of making many books there is no end… So said the wise man in Ecclesiastes. And never has that been more true with the explosion of self-publishing, when people can crank out a book in an afternoon, converting to a digital format their academic thesis or that novel buried in a drawer. But who will…
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Devotional of the week: The Lord with us
The Lord, the King of Israel, is with you; never again will you fear any harm… The Lord your God is with you, the Mighty Warrior who saves. He will take great delight in you; in his love he will no longer rebuke you, but will rejoice over you with singing. (Zephaniah 3) Although there…
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Devotional of the week: A new heart
I will give you a new heart and put a new spirit in you; I will remove from you your heart of stone and give you a heart of flesh. And I will put my Spirit in you and move you to follow my decrees and be careful to keep my laws. Ezekiel 36:24–38 (NIV)…
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Devotional of the week – God before us; God behind us
This new devotional series we’ll be focusing on how Christ lives at the center of his followers, dwelling in their hearts. This idea pervades the Scriptures, found not only in the New Testament but also in the Old. I hope these readings will be a prompt for us to consider the adventure of union with…
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Join me in some shameless audacity?
The disciples ask Jesus to teach them to pray. He answers with the now-famous Lord’s prayer, and then tells an intriguing story about you needing bread in the middle of the night because of unexpected visitors. You go to your friend and ask, but he can’t be bothered to get out of bed just on…
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Devotional of the week: Commissioned
“Whom shall I send? And who will go for us?” And I said, “Here am I. Send me!” Isaiah 6:8 I’ve had the above verse hanging on my wall for years, for it reminds me that God empowers us to bring his love to a hurting world. We might not even have to move geographically.…
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Interview with memoirist Carolyn Weber
I’m like an addict when it comes to books. Compelled to read, understand, savor, wrangle with, be moved by, learn to live from these silent companions who speak so loudly. I read dead people. Death is a good barometer for determining true canon, I think, as is overcoming death. Jesus’ own example speaks to such. That doesn’t…
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Devotional of the Week: The freedom of forgiveness
“See, this has touched your lips; your guilt is taken away and your sin atoned for.” Isaiah 6:7 I love how the Old Testament foreshadows the New. Isaiah has confessed that he is a man of unclean lips and declares that he’s ruined; finished. But God sends a messenger to bring release from his sins.…
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On Being British
I woke early this morning, with Scotland on my mind. Would I now not be able to talk about the UK, with it instead being the DK – a Divided Kingdom? What would the result be? I switched on my computer, hurriedly turning to the BBC website, surprised by my tears. I’m grateful the union…
