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About stayingfaithful

I am looking for anything that relates to life and to a fuller life. I am bored by the normal and the natural and interested in the supernatural. There must be more than this. We were put on this earth for more than a nine to five prison, as someone said a few years ago.

Paradise Lost 2: Written in the Heart

Posted on August 27, 2017

Originally posted on readerjanedavis:
? Front Garden early morning 27 August Last Sunday I started my online reading of Paradise Lost in honor of Milton’s Cottage celebratory reading aloud  of the whole poem – which they undertook in order to…

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My ten best things in all the world No. 6

Posted on August 22, 2017

Did you know that 25,000 people die every day from hunger and poverty?  Jesus in the gospels said: ‘The poor you will always have with you….”  This is not an excuse not to help them.  I completely identify with the … Continue reading →

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The ten best things in the world No. 5

Posted on August 20, 2017

I have included this next topic as ‘inessential’, as wacky or non-serious. It could go down as either. Take friendship too seriously, and it disappears in its own intensity. Friendship is about connections that last – chance encounters that lead … Continue reading →

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My Ten Best Things in all the world No. 4

Posted on August 18, 2017

During the school holidays (I’m a teacher, okay?) I have a daily quandary – do I grind some beans and make myself my second hot drink of the day, the first being always a decaf tea, OR do I pop … Continue reading →

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Ten best things about the world No. 3….

Posted on August 16, 2017

Have you ever prepared for a presentation, or a lesson, or a research project, and just as you have printed your piece or sent it off, done and dusted, you come across a startling YouTube video that says it all … Continue reading →

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My Ten Best Things about the World: No. 2…

Posted on August 12, 2017

So the logic with this series of posts is to go ‘slightly wacky’, then, ‘serious’.  This is the serious one after parkrun.  And it doesn’t get much more serious than this.  Now that I have a little more leisure, I … Continue reading →

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My 10 best things about the world: 1. Parkrun

Posted on July 8, 2017

Parkrun So those who know me well at the moment will not be surprised that I am enthusiastic about parkrun, which is the largest running event on the planet.  There are many who can write more articulately and more informatively … Continue reading →

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About Time

Posted on July 7, 2017

It’s about time I came back to the blogosphere.  I reflected yesterday, early in the morning, that I had the opportunity over the next three months or so to work on my writing more. Even that opening paragraph shows this.  … Continue reading →

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Luke 9

Posted on February 18, 2017

Luke 9 the Reading Just read this one through, and I’m struck by what David Pawson said about Luke, that it is the most loved of the gospels, but the least read (about 3 mins in).  For example, I am very … Continue reading →

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More awesome

Posted on February 17, 2017

Get a load of Psalm 68: A father of the fatherless… You have ascended on high.. Blessed be the Lord who daily loads us with benefits… Strengthen, O God, what You have done for us… O God, You are more … Continue reading →

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