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Grace in the Incision
I had an operation today. It was a minor day operation under general anesthetic. I feel pretty tired, but I didn’t sleep very well last night. This is the third operation that I have had and it’s not pretty. Basically, I have had a pilonidal sinus that has kept getting…
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Choosing Good News
Is anyone else in disbelief, shock and sadness at the persecution and suffering of those being afflicted by terrorists at the moment? My heart actually aches. It grieves with those that have fallen at the hands of the wicked. It hurts alongside those that are mourning because of the imprisonment,…
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Somewhere in the Middle
All it takes is a trigger. One comment. A thought. An image. Sitting here on my own day after day I have become vulnerable, isolated, low. In these moments of my day, all it takes is a trigger. Then that familiar feeling of sadness and anxiety creeps in. Yesterday was…
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Stars and Street Lights
You know that expression ‘you can’t see the wood for the trees?’ Well, when I walked home the other night I came up with my own idiom (sort of). ‘You can’t see the stars for the street lights’ Laugh if you will. I suppose it does not make much sense…
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Words
For the first time in a long time, I have no words. But yet I am still compelled to write. I spent a good 45 minutes staring at an empty post which was eagerly anticipating my familiar tap of the keyboard. Today, no words would come. I started writing a…
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An Undergraduate’s Notebook
Flicking through a notebook I started in my final few months at university, I came across some prayers that I had written to God. By looking back at my prayers that I wrote over a year ago, I have come to realise that He has answered my prayers, in ways…
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Stephen Fry and his God Dialogue
Never did I think I would ever be so bold as to challenge the brilliant mind and interesting words of Stephen Fry. Let’s just say it got personal? (Haha.) I like to consider, think and write about topics in the news that concern God and faith. Mr.Fry, a well known television…
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True Friendship
It is such a beautiful moment to spend time with friends. They can encourage, uplift, wipe away the tears from your eyes, share in your joy, laugh with you, be honest and truthful to you. Friendship is a wonderful blessing. I am thankful for the times when I have been…
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Remembering Auschwitz
Today marks 70 years since the Auschwitz concentration camp was liberated by the Red Army of the Soviet Union in 1945. Pictures, audio and video footage highlight some of the horrific scenes experienced by those afflicted by Nazi ideology. The depths of humanity’s capability to carry out evil is ingrained…
Ruth Clemence 