Never Lost for Words
I recently had a very bothersome technical issue in a meeting on Microsoft Teams where my microphone wouldn’t work and nobody could hear me. As someone accustomed to talking a lot (though I prefer to think I’m ‘warm and friendly’ not just… ‘loud’) this was sad. Now imagine it’s not just a planning meeting, but the college bar, except you can’t join in any conversations or crack any jokes. That’s right, you’ve got yourself a good old language barrier. Look at that smooth segue
Trust in the Lord with all your heart, and do not lean on your own understanding (Proverbs 3:5)
I’ve always placed a lot of confidence in my ability to understand the world. I did well at school and enjoyed learning, often reading popular science and philosophy books in my spare time, and having intellectual discussions about the world with friends and family. I’d be lying if I said I actually understood something like string theory, but I took comfort in the knowledge that there are people who do. As far as I was concerned, it was theoretically possible to learn everyt
In awe of His love
Having been brought up in a Christian home, my entire life I have been told that Jesus loves me - that he died for my sins on a cross and then resurrected. To me, Jesus performing miracles of healing or walking on water were facts, in the same way that the sky being blue is a fact. However, it became a reality, a transforming truth when it was no longer simply a fact in my head and I accepted Jesus into my heart as my personal Saviour and Lord. We live in a world where nearly
Some marginalia - Church and Corona
So I am wading through emails, every subject line reading the same: COVID-19 RESPONSE (important). I am becoming more and more certain I must be inside a kind of administrative fever-dream, and the moment I find something in my inbox detailing life beyond the L O C K DOWN I will be dumbstruck by the uncanny feeling of inception. I will sink to my knees like a soldier whose forgotten mementos from home fall unexpectedly out his breast pocket. This, of course, ...might... be hy
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