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I’ve been thinking recently about my attitude towards the Bible. If it really is God’s word – a love letter from the creator of the universe to his people, which I believe it is – then why don’t I read it more? I think part of it is to do with mindset. I’ve often had…
In my last post, I talked about Jesus being the whole point of the Christian life. He’s the beginning and the end (and everything in the middle). Jesus himself said “I am the way and the truth and the life.” Jesus is the way to God because he is God. He and the Father are…
When I became a Christian, I semi-jokingly told my lesbian friends that I’d ‘met a man’. It wasn’t until later that I realised how deeply biblical this actually was. I hadn’t fundamentally been convinced by a new ideology. I hadn’t primarily been attracted by a new community. Those things were important but they weren’t the…
I’ve had the privilege of looking after my friend’s dog this week while she and her husband were on holiday. I used to be terrified of dogs, but I’ve known Pepper since she was a puppy and over the years we’ve built a strong bond of love and trust. I’m still not keen on dogs…
A poem I wrote about our increasing reliance on a digitised and connected life.
Today I want to think about about giving and receiving love – how we communicate to other people that we care about them. I’m not talking about romantic love, but more about how we express love in friendships and family relationships.
Two big criticisms of religion are hypocrisy and judgementalism and Jesus has a lot to say about both. So let’s start with hypocrisy. We hate hypocrisy don’t we? We see it in politicians, thought leaders, celebrities, religious people, business tycoons… the list is endless.
A few words doesn’t mean a bit of me It can be all of me in a teardrop. A heart can be expressed to the Great Heart in a sigh, a look, a groan. He knows He’s always known.
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