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Ukraine – God – Us
This is a day of heartbreak and hope intertwined. The heartbreak of so many lives lost, disfigured, traumatized, and scarred forever by the Russian brutality in Ukraine. Hope born from the courage of ordinary men and women across that ravaged country who have defiantly resisted – to the point of death. Hope arising form a…
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Music to my Fears
Thank you for opening this blog. It is one not to be rushed…. just in case 🙂 It is perhaps awkward to admit that I have usually approached life with a glass-half-empty mindset. It was not something I decided upon, it merely seemed to be my natural disposition. Which can be rather depressing. I have…
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SKIN
I’m obsessing somewhat about skin. At Christmas I wrote about the amazing revelation of God when his son was born in a stable in Bethlehem; and his name would be Jesus. He would grow up to say, “If you have seen me, you have seen my Father. I and my Father are one.” In other…
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God and Me
I have known God from a very young age. It began as a sense of something or someone that I couldn’t understand. It touched me in the form of music as a choir boy. Even some of the ritual of church services, awe and comfort, reassurance in a frightening world where I felt very insecure…
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In It For You
The New Year swings in as the Old Year rolls out; contrasts everywhere, when it comes to life and living. These contrasts seem to have sharpened in focus over the past twelve months highlighting differences of approach, worldviews, and much more. As the years pendulum between past, present, and future so to, it seems, do…
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Skin in the Game
Christmas is a time to remember why, what is celebrated, the reason. It is so instinctive for us to grow comfortable in our perceptions and worldviews. To cease asking questions. To sink into the marshmallow comfort of our status quo; even resigned acceptance undergirding disillusionment. Hopefully not stuck in the box of a smug know-it-all.…
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Always Hope
There is mercyIn the momentsWhen the burdenIs an oceanIn a teardropThere is healingWhen the heartacheWeighs a mountainIn the grievingOf a love lost So many blogs this year have been reflective of the tough challenges we face around the world in a myriad of expressions and manifestations. War, protest, political upheaval, deep economic stress, cost of…
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