Loved Question 117: Any answers? Would love to hear some good places to go.
Archive for the ‘Reflection’ Category
What have you read recently that inspired you?
Posted in Reflection on June 26, 2010 | Leave a Comment »
Would you ever give up your life to save someone else?
Posted in Reflection on June 10, 2010 | Leave a Comment »
Question 100 from Thought Questions:
More humour required
Posted in Personal, Reflection, Theology on June 1, 2010 | 2 Comments »
I’ve been dipping in and out of Devotions for Growing Strong in the Seasons of Life by Charles Swindoll and was struck by his thoughts on humour (in the broadest sense) today. In pages 112-116 he writes clearly on the need for quality humour, ending with three potential action points: Start each day with pleasant [...]
What do you love most about yourself?
Posted in Art/Images/Photos, Reflection on May 13, 2010 | Leave a Comment »
An interesting question from Thought Questions:
Picture questions
Posted in Art/Images/Photos, Reflection on April 24, 2010 | Leave a Comment »
Loving some of the posts from thoughtquestions.com:
The end of paternity leave
Posted in Children's and Youth Work, Personal, Reflection on March 8, 2010 | Leave a Comment »
The last three and a bit weeks I’ve been on holiday and then paternity leave. Although I’ve not been able to escape work completely it’s been nice to really focus on spending time with Hannah and our wonderful new son Daniel. Today was my last day before heading back to work, so it was nice [...]
Atheists give up on Dawkins
Posted in News, Reflection, Theology on February 26, 2010 | Leave a Comment »
Interesting article in the Times on a number of atheists criticising Richard Dawkins for changes to moderation on his website: The split occurred after he announced that a discussion section on his website, considered one of the busiest online atheist forums, would in future be tightly moderated and “irrelevant postings and frivolous gossip” would no [...]
Humility
Posted in Personal, Reflection on January 25, 2010 | Leave a Comment »
Each week the staff team start the week with a time of worship and prayer. This week Barry, Head of Community Services was leading, and challenged us on the topic of humility. As I sit here fourteen hours later, I’m still challenged. For example, what does it mean to act as a conduit between God [...]
2010 a year for …
Posted in Personal, Reflection on January 3, 2010 | Leave a Comment »
I love the time between Christmas and New Year. I find it’s a time to make a lot of progress with some of our bigger projects, but I also enjoy the opportunity to think about goals for the coming year. Here are some of the thoughts I scribbled in my journal: Slowing: the pace I’ve [...]
Prayer of Praise
Posted in Reflection on December 1, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
Blessed are you, O Lord, the God of Israel our father– the God of Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob; the God who saved Moses from the Nile,who rescued your people from Pharaoh,who forgave Aaron for the golden calf, who delivered Jericho into the hands of Joshua; the God who strengthened Samson and gave courage to Gideon [...]

