I have lived in a number of different houses over the last 10 years. Some were student house shares, some were lodgings and some I was renting on my own. Some have been great, others were… difficult. But the one I am in now is a houseshare and I love it. When I tell peopleContinue reading “Those who eat together… – lent 2023”
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You can’t disappoint God
You can’t disapppoint God. Read that again. Slowly. You. Can’t. Disappoint. God. Some of you reading that will be thinking, “well, duh! That’s obvious! I already knew that!” If that’s you, you don’t need to read the rest of this post. But some of you will be a bit like me and need to takeContinue reading “You can’t disappoint God”
40 day challenge day 27: A job well done
I painted a labyrinth this week… We are setting up some interactive prayer stations, and one of those stations is a labyrinth. For those who are interested, a labyrinth is different from a maze because there is only one path that takes you to the centre, no dead ends. Its an inevitable journey with onlyContinue reading “40 day challenge day 27: A job well done”
40 day challenge day 9: We need to talk about Bruno…
OK, so if you haven’t seen Encanto, that title is very random! But I can’t put him off any longer. Bruno is Abuela’s son and Mirabel’s uncle. He is absent for the first half of the film. His gift is having visions of the future. People don’t always want to hear his visions. Bruno lovesContinue reading “40 day challenge day 9: We need to talk about Bruno…”
40 day challenge: An introduction
A year ago I was challenging myself to spend 4 weeks on each of 6 different spiritual disciplines. I got something out of doing that, so I decided I’d do something similar this year – not giving anything up but using the time to refocus on God. So, my challenge which I am setting myselfContinue reading “40 day challenge: An introduction”
Hunting for God: Solitude 2/2
Solitude is more a state of mind and heart than it is a place. Richard Foster, Celebration of Discipline I had to start here, with this quote taken from Foster’s book. I had to share this revelation and discovery. Because just being alone and finding silence isn’t enough – that can just lead to loneliness,Continue reading “Hunting for God: Solitude 2/2”
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”
God equips the called
I was going to tag this on to the last post but as I was writing I felt it was important enough to deserve it’s own page. 6 weeks without posting, then twice in one day! I have written before about how important my friends have been as I have learnt about having a relationshipContinue reading “God equips the called”
Hunting for God: Worship weeks 2 and 3
Who knew that exploring the discipline of worship would be so challenging? Ok, to be fair the clue is in the word ‘discipline’, but it’s another of those things that people don’t really teach about. If you worship together with others, everyone just sort of does it. If you entered a church (pre-Covid) you wouldContinue reading “Hunting for God: Worship weeks 2 and 3”
Hunting for God: Study and the Bible
4 weeks of exploring prayer. 4 weeks of exploring fasting. The next one in the book is 4 weeks of bible study. Now I have a reasonable knowledge of the bible. I am by no means a biblical scholar but I know enough to be able to quote encouraging verses, and I know a lotContinue reading “Hunting for God: Study and the Bible”
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