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Gardening 101: Going for Growth
Last year, I started chopping up a shrub in the garden that I thought had died. It sounded rattly and didn’t look that appealing. It turns out that this is what it normally looks like in the winter. Oops. It was not dead, although I was giving it the opportunity…
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4 Ways of Dealing with Disappointment
Writing this post is a little bit of therapy because I am still dealing with disappointment. It is not past tense ‘dealt’ with disappointment. It is a very present tense ordeal of ‘dealing’. Last week saw a big blow to a writing project I had spent a lot of time…
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5 Things to Pray for Your Kids by Melissa B. Kruger – BOOK REVIEW
This is my first book review relating to faith and children which I am excited about! I know the importance of prayer in my own life and now I have the blessing to be able to pray over my own son. As a new mum, it can be overwhelming at…
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More > Truth by Kristi Mair – BOOK REVIEW
After reading ‘More > Distinct’ by Calvin T. Samuel and ‘More > Direction’ by Ayo and Ruth Afolabi, I was looking forward to the next instalment of the ‘More >’ series by IVP. These short books are ideal for those who are busy but want to engage with the Bible…
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Billy Graham and Bunsen burners
It’s been one year ago today since Billy Graham went to be with Jesus. I remember the day well – the sense of loss, the impact that it had on the church and the world, and the countless stories of how his ministry reached millions. I wanted to write something…
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God’s Biker by Sean Stillman – BOOK REVIEW
If you want to be taken on a journey across continents, with people from all backgrounds and stories that intertwine in incredible ways, then read this. It’s a powerful book of how God is at work in the margins of society and uses ordinary and often unlikely people in extraordinary…
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More > Distinct by Calvin Samuel – BOOK REVIEW – 6 Thoughts on Holiness
The More > series published by IVP are books for busy people who want to carve out more time with God. The word ‘holy’ can conjure up negative stereotypes like ‘holier than thou’ or it is something that is simply impossible to achieve. Calvin Samuel’s More > Distinct addresses this is…
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5 of my cancer posts for World Cancer Day 2019
It’s been almost a decade since I was diagnosed with Hodgkin Lymphoma. A lot has happened in that time. The fact that I can reflect about the experience and have been in remission for this long is something I am very thankful for. Life is precious. Someone very close to…
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5 glimpses of hope in despair
Have you ever had one of those moments in life that could have been lifted from a movie? A couple of days ago I was feeling incredibly low – the worst I had felt in a while – and went for a walk. It had been a pretty grey day…
Ruth Clemence 
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