I started the year in one house, one job, one church, and I’m ending the year with new ones. My last day at my old job was the Friday before Christmas, and I begin the new next week. I feel mostly ready, but of course there are always the nerves at what is unknown. But … Continue reading That Time Again
We didn’t get much of a spring, it feels like. Or maybe I just missed it. But in recent times I have been trying to notice again, with lists of gratitude. People say they feel different when they begin to notice. When those details become magnified, bringing joy and thanks. I love remembering the birds … Continue reading A Slow Return
This past week, I have intentionally chosen silence over noise. To be alone with God instead of filling every pause with something to watch or something to listen to. I have been convicted to fast from watching tv, at least during the week. I’m not sure how long I will do this for, but I’m … Continue reading On Fasting and Finding Silence
When I was younger, my aspirations for a book fair were quite simple; I would buy books about animals (mostly horses) and a variety of novels. My love of reading matched my love of having a lot of “stuff”, and I happily spent what pocket money I had, and then some. Over the years, I … Continue reading To the Book Fair (and Simplifying Life)
Some time has passed since I last wrote. I turned twenty seven. I made pumpkin soup. I like winter because it is quiet. While it is in a sense a grand death, it is also subtle. It doesn’t draw attention to itself but slowly falls over the land. It reminds me that to grow is … Continue reading The Losses of Winter
Jordan Peterson says that if you want to change the world, you need to start by cleaning your room. Elisabeth Elliot tells us we just need to do the next thing. If we’re asking ourselves how to serve God, how to live our lives, she makes it very simple; if you are a student, you … Continue reading Start Small, Start Today
I opened a small notebook this morning, A5 with a pretty floral cover. It had been sitting on my bookshelf since I moved in fifteen months ago, wedged amongst Christian non-fiction. Some pages fell out. I had forgotten they existed. During the height of Covid, when I wasn’t working and things felt impossible, I did … Continue reading Seeking and Finding
Even though the song Little Drummer Boy is not Biblical, it is one of my favourite Christmas songs (alongside O Holy Night). Every year it seems to speak to something that my heart knows to be true. Let me unpack… I am a poor boy too… I have no gift to bring… that’s fit to … Continue reading Christmas Reflections
This Sunday has been a good one… I made pumpkin soup for the first time! It is currently simmering on the stove, and soon I will blend it before adding some cream. At the beginning of autumn, I made it my mission to make soup every weekend. The purpose of this is to have lunches … Continue reading the life I live and the life I want
Something that returns to me is the notion of balance. How I haven’t been writing as much because I have more commitments. How these are good things yet take away from time spent elsewhere. How I want to be connecting with others yet value being at home. Generally I know in myself whether I have … Continue reading Finding (and losing) Balance
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