Category Archives: culture

Are you displaced?

Posted on January 5, 2021 by stayingfaithful

Our church has taken the theme of Peace this year, but with the thought of also being a ‘piece’ of the puzzle. Do you remember those nine piece plastic slidey puzzles that looked perfect, but for one piece? Annoyingly you … Continue reading →

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The Mirror and the Light part 3

Posted on June 12, 2020 by stayingfaithful

I am now just into Part 5 of The Mirror and the Light, and I should warn, this contains spoilers.  I have read hundreds of pages since my last review, and at one point I certainly said to myself, ‘If … Continue reading →

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CoVid19 and God

Posted on April 4, 2020 by stayingfaithful

I haven’t got any wise words on this subject – I am just muddling along like the rest of us.  There are some things that draw us to prayer, and some things that draw us to the Bible (or to … Continue reading →

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Seven Facebook Book Covers

Posted on August 22, 2018 by stayingfaithful

Okay, here are the book covers I would have put on Facebook but haven’t had time to!  There are only seven, because the first three I posted on Facebook already. And in fact they’re not book covers, just the titles.  … Continue reading →

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Jesus and the Reading Public Part One

Posted on June 25, 2018 by stayingfaithful

It’s a rare novel that has taken off if it deals with Jesus.  Sure, those novels are worthy and deal with deep issues, but you’re unlikely to find a bestseller (the Bible itself excluded, not being fiction!) that has used … Continue reading →

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Jesus and Harry Potter

Posted on June 23, 2018 by stayingfaithful

  Can you read Harry Potter and be a Christian?  More importantly, can you read Terry Pratchett and still be a Christian?  These questions are perhaps a bit provocative.  There will be those who will argue fervently that reading such … Continue reading →

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Bedside reading snapshot

Posted on October 25, 2017 by stayingfaithful

Every now and again I have to do a cull as the piles of books by my bed topple over and I can’t fit a cup of tea there. (This is partly the reason why I have a couple of … Continue reading →

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My ten best things in all the world No. 6

Posted on August 22, 2017 by stayingfaithful

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 by stayingfaithful

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 by stayingfaithful

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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