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Thursday 9th March Earlier this week the amendments to the public order bill that sought to allow pro-life vigils and prayers outside abortion clinics were rejected. Buffer zones will now mean that pro-life activities cannot take place in the vicinity of abortion clinics. Many pro-life campaigners are feeling despair at this news. But fear not, …
Monday 6th March, 2023 If there’s anyone who has the right to insist on their own way it’s God.God- goodness personified, the creator of all that ever was.God, as described in the Old Testament as awesomely terrifying in their magnificence, the only one who can wield ultimate power and authority. God who created this amazing …
Friday 3rd March, 2023 When I talk about my more liberal beliefs I’m regularly warned by more conservative Christians that I face the wrath of God. When I’ve finished rolling my eyes I usually tell them that God is love, not wrath, and that we don’t need to fear God, the word we have translated …
7th February 2021 God is the God of the broken, of the victims, he sees every tear they shed and collects them in a bottle.God is the God of the unconventional, who do things “the wrong way” he loves their passion and their spirit, he loves their heart and their love.God is the God of …
Monday 27th Feb 2023 Are you an easily offended snowflake? I know I am. I’m offended by injustice and abuse.Spend any time on social media and you’ll find someone complaining about “cancel culture” and “the woke” and “snowflakes.” “We should have free speech” they will protest, and they are right, we should have free speech. …
Friday 24th February, 2023 Love is humble. Have you ever seen the picture of the pale blue dot, or heard Carl Sagan’s speech about it?The picture is taken from the outer limits of our solar system, it shows the earth as a tiny dot in a sea of darkness and space dust. Sagan said “That’s …
Monday 20th February, 2023 When the guy I was just starting a new relationship with threatened to break the legs of another guy who had been flirting with me it should have been a big red flag.Instead, I thought it was romantic. I fell in love, we got married and…. Well you know the rest. …
Friday 17th February, 2023 “Kindness. n. the quality of being friendly, generous and considerate” A few years ago, following the death of Caroline Flack the hashtag #bekind trended as people urged one another to treat others as you wish to be treated, because you never know the pain someone is hiding inside. ‘Do unto others’ …
27th August 2017 To the single Christian; You’re not unloved. Make your world bigger. So you don’t have a husband. A fallible human being. Make your world bigger. So you don’t get to build your life around ‘the one’ Make your world bigger So you don’t get to love and be loved by one special …
Monday 13th February 2023 ‘The Queue’ is a British institution, we’re good at waiting, at being orderly, polite, biting our stiff upper lip and limiting our complaints to muttering under our breath. Well some of us are at any rate. I don’t think it’s a skill I’ve ever really mastered, though at least since the …