We’ve left lent and entered into the season of Easter. So, to bring the challenge to a conclusion and enter into the new season, I have one last post to write. (Don’t worry, I mean the last post in this series. I will write more, just not every day!) Yesterday night, after writing the postContinue reading “40 day challenge Easter Sunday bonus: Joy is infectious”
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40 day challenge day 41… the day of stillness
So, the 41st post in a 40 day challenge. I made a mistake at the beginning and wrote a full post on a Sunday, so reached the end of my 40 days before I reached the end of lent. So the final lenten post. On Good Friday, we remember Jesus dieing. On Easter Sunday weContinue reading “40 day challenge day 41… the day of stillness”
40 day challenge day 25: True humility
What comes to mind when you think of humility? It’s the opposite of pride, right? Except its also the opposite of self doubt. Humility is acknowledgement of our weaknesses and our strengths. It is holding the balance between leading and serving. It is being only human and wonderfully human at the same time. It isContinue reading “40 day challenge day 25: True humility”
40 day challenge day 24: Jesus on the outside
I love discovering new angles when reading the bible. I was reading John 9 earlier. Its a widely recognised passage. There is a man who has been blind from birth. The disciples ask why the man is blind, whether it was because he had sinned or his parents had sinned. Jesus answers that neither hasContinue reading “40 day challenge day 24: Jesus on the outside”
40 day challenge day 18: Do you love me?
It’s been a long and busy day, so only a short post. But a very apt post considering how much work I’ve fitted in… Like 10: 20 says ‘Do not rejoice that the spirits submit to you, but rejoice that your names are written in heaven.’ This is Jesus talking to his 72 followers. HeContinue reading “40 day challenge day 18: Do you love me?”
Scattering the seed
There have been lots of changes for me recently. New job, new flat, and everything that goes with that. It was an overwhelming amount of change in one go. I felt a little lost and, if I’m being completely honest, a little inadequate in my new role. But I also had the privilege of seeingContinue reading “Scattering the seed”
Hunting for God: Final discipline – simplicity
Isn’t it strange how we can set out with the best of intentions and all the determination in the world and still get led astray? I set out to write a post a week while I explored some of the disciplines as written about by Jo Swinney and Richard Foster in their respective books (seeContinue reading “Hunting for God: Final discipline – simplicity”
Hunting for God: Solitude
And… we’re back! Well I am. Back to hunting for a deeper relationship through what are lovingly called Spiritual Disciplines. And I guess they are disciplines because they need self-discipline to properly explore them. But I think I may have said before that they shouldn’t be strict or harsh – then they become religious exercises.Continue reading “Hunting for God: Solitude”
Hunting for God: Prayer week 4, and a new challenge
This is the last week with prayer as the focus. I don’t mean I’m going to stop praying (in fact, in the last couple of days I’ve found another book with some helpful thoughts), but the book I’m following by Jo Swinney (God Hunting) does 4 weeks, then focuses on a different discipline. Last weekContinue reading “Hunting for God: Prayer week 4, and a new challenge”
Fix your eyes on…?
Anybody grow up going to Sunday School (or an equivalent)? There’s a joke about a child who goes to Sunday School and the leader asks, “what is grey with a long fluffy tail, runs up trees and eats nuts?” The children think for a bit then one pipes up with, “I know it sounds likeContinue reading “Fix your eyes on…?”
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