God
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Bread of Heaven
I’ve been thinking a lot about food this week (some might say ‘nothing particularly unusual about that’, but that wouldn’t be very charitable). First of all, I started a new diet. The weight I managed to shift a few years back has been slowly starting to creep back on, and I now have two choices- buy… Continue reading
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In Someone Else’s Shoes: How Falcon Camps broke my heart… and changed my life
In the summer of 1996, I spent a week at Halls Green activity centre a few miles down the road from my home in Kent that would change my outlook on life for good. I’d just finished my first year at Cambridge University, and hadn’t been a Christian very long. I had enjoyed a wonderfully sheltered,… Continue reading
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You Can’t Kid the Kids
“Mummy, why did you lie about liking Mrs Davies?” Whoa, hang on, what?! “Er… what do you mean? I do like Mrs Davies!” “Then why were you talking about her with Sarah’s mummy behind her back? It didn’t sound as if you liked her.” Oh dear. Rumbled by a 7-year-old with big ears and a… Continue reading
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Fishing Expedition
Early in the morning, Jesus stood on the shore, but the disciples did not realize that it was Jesus. He called out to them, “Friends, haven’t you any fish?” “No,” they answered. He said, “Throw your net on the right side of the boat and you will find some.” When they did, they were unable… Continue reading
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It’s Good to Think: being a Godly Geek
I have a confession to make- I’ve always been quite lazy when it comes to using my brain. I’m lucky in that I’ve always found it easy to learn, and when I was at school, if you were good at memorising facts and regurgitating them, you could do pretty well. (When I arrived at Cambridge University… Continue reading
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Worth the Wait
I am not a fan of waiting. I feel myself getting irrationally impatient with the person at the front of the queue at the supermarket who seems to be taking an interminably long time to find their purse. If I post something on Facebook or twitter (or even a blog page!) I’m looking for a pretty instant… Continue reading
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Free to Fly- The importance of loving our children unconditionally
Pretty much all parents would agree that they’d like their children to be happy. Many would say they would like them to be successful, too. But how do we define success? I think we need to be careful about over-emphasising the achievements of our children. Let me explain what I mean by that. If we… Continue reading
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In the beginning…
The first words of anything are always the hardest to write, and this blog is no exception. I know what I’d like to write in the future (and I know that I would love lots of people to want to read it!) but it didn’t feel right launching into something with no preamble, and no… Continue reading
