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A devotional for the week – Psalm 18:32–36
Boot camp It is God who arms me with strength and keeps my way secure. He makes my feet like the feet of a deer; he causes me to stand on the heights. He trains my hands for battle; my arms can bend a bow of bronze. You make your saving help my shield, and…
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Review of the best book on unanswered prayer
God on Mute: Engaging the Silence of Unanswered Prayer Pete Greig (Survivor/Kingsway, ISBN 9781842913178) Some years ago, my faith was seriously rocked when I thought God was telling me to move from one city to another, and then everything fell through with the move. I didn’t know what to believe. Was God out there? Did…
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Kindred spirits
“Heaven will be a grand reunion with people who might have become dear friends, had circumstances/geography/time not limited us.” So said I to a woman I had only ever met once by email when interviewing her for the Woman Alive Book Club that I run. I had read her spiritual memoir and resonated deeply with her…
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Devotional of the week: Psalm 18:30–31
Rock of ages As for God, his way is perfect: The Lord’s word is flawless; he shields all who take refuge in him. For who is God besides the Lord? And who is the Rock except our God? (Psalm 18:30–31, NIV) Today David again calls God the rock who provides him refuge. It may…
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Review of a fab novel about spiritual formation
Sensible Shoes: A Story about the Spiritual Journey by Sharon Garlough Brown (IVP, 978-0830843053) Some books come with a buzz. I don’t mean that reading them will cause an altered reality, but that people become so gripped and changed by these books that they want to share them with others – resulting in a buzz.…
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Dual citizenship
When I first moved to the UK, I felt so self-consciously American. Hyper aware of my accent, which immediately labeled me as foreign. Fifteen years later, I usually forget my “other” status, but sometimes – often when I’m out of London – someone will look at me with curiosity and ask me where I’m from.…
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Devotional of the week: Psalm 18:28–29
God, our source You, Lord, keep my lamp burning; my God turns my darkness into light. With your help I can advance against a troop; with my God I can scale a wall. (Psalm 18:28–29, NIV) As David recounts the works of God, he acknowledges that everything comes from the Lord – oil for his…
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Sleeping with the vicar
Today my husband has been ordained a minister in the Church of England for 15 years. I remember the occasion so clearly as I sat in the cavernous Guildford Cathedral with his family and witnessed him making his promises to love, hono(u)r, and serve God and God’s people. As we drove back to Cambridge, I…
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What I’d tell my 20-year-old self
“There’s a new company that’s selling books on the Internet. It’s one to watch,” said the man who would become the Motley Fool. The year was 1993, and I was sitting in his living room, having enjoyed a bountiful feast made by his wife, with whom I was working on a project on the Classics.…
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A devotional for the week: Psalm 18:22–27
Righteousness and faithfulness “All his laws are before me; I have not turned away from his decrees. I have been blameless before him and have kept myself from sin. The Lord has rewarded me according to my righteousness, according to the cleanness of my hands in his sight. To the faithful you show yourself…
