Author Archives: stayingfaithful

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.

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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Looking for Luke 2

Posted on February 4, 2017

Our hearts cannot be bitter, harsh, hardened or divided… Continue reading →

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Looking for Luke

Posted on February 4, 2017

something of worth, the more distinct and rarefied and precious it is? Continue reading →

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Keeping current and staying humble

Posted on June 1, 2016

Below see some of my current reading interests. In particular, the vice list in Romans 1, apparently the longest such list in the NT. I listed in my journal the faults that I often fall prey to – the list … Continue reading →

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