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Tag Archives: daily life
The ten best things in the world No. 5
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
My Ten Best Things in all the world No. 4
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
My 10 best things about the world: 1. Parkrun
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
With Full Conviction Review
Feeling very privileged, I set off last night to be in a select audience for the first performance of a remarkable piece of drama, ‘With Full Conviction’ written by my good friend Neil MacDonald. I had seen the playscript in … Continue reading
Posted in culture, prayer
Tagged daily life, evangelical christians, friendship, problems, spirituality
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Baptism in the Holy Spirit
A couple of years ago I prepared a short paper on this topic for the benefit of our local church, and I do feel passionately about the importance of the role of the Holy Spirit in our growth in the … Continue reading
Summer 2015 backlog challenge
A friend suggested I identified some books I wanted to get read this summer – of course, this does not include those I will have to read to be ready for the new academic year, but I’ll give it a … Continue reading
Posted in books, educational, fiction, taking a look
Tagged daily life, fanning the flame
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Heads up for the future
This a new era for me in terms of WordPress: the iPad age. And I notice that the stats on WordPress now permit me to look back at my blog and see where the real action was. I seem to … Continue reading
Posted in culture, revival, taking a look
Tagged daily life, dreams and visions, fanning the flame
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Bold and Shameless
I wanted to break a long silence on this blog, to start to bring some posts about prayer. While God has been doing a lot of things with me lately, the main one is to challenge my prayer life. I … Continue reading
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Tagged daily life, heart cry, intense prayer, mortify the flesh, pleasing God, prayer, private prayer
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Something for the Weekend
Life is stranger than we think it sometimes, and we do not always recognise its strangeness. It’s too easy to become trapped in what we think we always do, in our routines, and not to step back and see that … Continue reading
