Anne Witton

missionary | writer | speaker

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  • 18 handy free web tools

    There are some little things that you want to be able to do quickly with the minimum of fuss, and without faffing around with big and complicated software downloads, or firing up a whole office suite. I thought I’d share with you the tools I have bookmarked over the years to help me work more…

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  • Top Christian YouTube channels: Part 2

    This is the second in my series of top Christian YouTube channels. You can read the first post here. As before, they’re in no particular order. Part 3 coming soon.

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  • Checklist for rational scientific atheists

    There are two things that strike me when I engage with people who claim to prefer science to religion. The first is the claim that science and religion are somehow essentially opposed to one another (which isn’t true). The second is that the Christianity that they reject doesn’t look anything like the Christianity that I…

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  • Top Christian YouTube channels: Part 1

    There’s a wealth of great Christian content on YouTube, but sometimes finding it can be tricky. To help you, I’ve put together some of my favourite channels (in no particular order). Enjoy. Look out for parts 2 and 3 coming soon.

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  • Schwellanangst – fear of the threshold

    When I worked for Voluntary Arts, the Chair of our Board, Peter Stark popped in to visit us and we had a very nice conversation (and some lovely M&S bakewell tart biscuits!). One of the things he said really got me thinking. He told this little story… Peter has always wanted to go into a…

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  • Psalm 104

    A reading of Psalm 104 illustrated by beautiful photography.

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  • Do you take the Bible literally?

    I’ve been asked this question a number of times and it’s a tricky one to answer as it all depends on what the questioner means. If they mean ‘Do you take the Bible seriously as the authoritative word of God?’ then the answer is yes. But if they mean ‘Do you think that every piece…

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  • Picture This Thought – Benches [Peace]

    A reflection on what biblical peace means – so much more than ‘peace and quiet’, but rather the joy of restoration and reconciliation. [Jesus replied] “All this I have spoken while still with you. But the Advocate, the Holy Spirit, whom the Father will send in my name, will teach you all things and will…

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  • Misunderstood lyrics and the Bible

    Remember the Beatles song Ob-La-Di, Ob-La-Da? We used to sing it in school choir. One of the lines is ‘Desmond takes a trolley to the jewellery store.’ which had me really confused. I used to think that Desmond was buying so much jewellery that a basket wouldn’t be big enough. It was years until I…

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  • Free classic Christian books

    Even though I own loads of actual, physical books, I’ve rediscovered my Kindle recently and am enjoying the fact that you can get lots of quality books for free. The best way to find Christian classics is to do a search of Kindle books in the Christian category that are rated 4 stars or higher…

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