Author: annewitton
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Bamboo toothbrushes and justice for the poor
Christians – especially evangelicals – are sometimes rightly criticised for being environmentally irresponsible and simply not caring enough about living sustainably on the earth. It’s hard for church to be attractive to my ethically aware friends when they’re confronted by hundreds of disposable plastic communion cups. And I must admit that for a long time…
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Identity 2 – God’s identity revealed to us
In the last blog post in this series I looked at identity in society and culture. In this post I want to focus on God’s identity revealed to us. The importance of names Pause to think: In Biblical culture, names (both place names and people names) were very important – you can pick up on…
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How can I love people I don’t like?
It’s hard to love everyone. It’s almost impossible to like everyone. Yet, there are ways that we can develop a more Jesus-like heart towards those we find difficult. God has been challenging me about loving my enemies. “But I tell you, love your enemies and pray for those who persecute you, that you may be…
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Identity 1 – Identity in society and culture
In this 3-part blog series on identity, I’m going to be exploring: How do we introduce ourselves? I might say something like, “My name’s Anne and I work with Living Out and the local church. I’m from Manchester originally but have lived in the North East for 23 years.” Notice how I just introduced myself…
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Having a retreat day – Practical tips
Over the years, I’ve found that having regular times where I choose to be alone with God has been a brilliant way to nurture my relationship with him, to grow spiritually and to enjoy “life in all its fulness” (John 10: 10). It’s also been particularly helpful at significant crossroads in my life – for…
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Intimacy with God
A visitor to my website recently contacted me to ask “What do you mean when you talk about experiencing intimacy with God? How does it feel being intimate with God / Jesus and is it enough?” I thought these were excellent questions, so here’s my attempt at an answer. I guess our culture often defines…
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Sin and the sunk cost fallacy
I like reading books about economics. One of the things that I’ve always found fascinating is the sunk cost fallacy, “the phenomenon whereby a person is reluctant to abandon a strategy or course of action because they have invested heavily in it, even when it is clear that abandonment would be more beneficial.” 1 We…
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Hiking the trail to the promised land
The Christian life is a bit like hiking the trail to the promised land. It’s something we’re called to do together and I’ve had the privilege of sharing the hike with some precious friends over the years. It can be really tough, but we know the effort is getting us to where we want to…
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Cryptic Bible places quiz
It’s time for another slightly less serious blog post, so here are some cryptic clues to biblical place names. Enjoy! Scroll down for answers….. . . . Keep scrolling….. . . . If you like this, try my Cryptic Christians quiz and Cryptic names and descriptions of God quiz.
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Honesty with God
How honest can you be with God? Do you feel like you can tell him everything? Or do you feel the need to hide parts of your life? I sometimes think that our church culture doesn’t help foster real intimacy with God. Often at the start of a church service the leader will say something…
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