Patterns of Joy

A few years ago, when I was on staff with Agape I read Ann Voskamp’s book One Thousand Gifts. When we moved to Addis Ababa nearly two years ago and []
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Lent Slide

It seems ages since we had all the fun and sweetness of pancakes just before Lent started. All the excitement and chat about giving up chocolate or something else. I []
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On Being Proper Old

Genesis 25.8 says   Abraham breathed his last And died in a ripe old age, An old man and satisfied with life And he was gathered to his people.   []
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Time

The only poetry I have ever written Was a lament. Specifically, A lament of childhood.   I wrote it all at once, to release a torrent of ideas and emotion []
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Forgiveness

“You are a beloved child of God” – with these words I started my journey to forgiveness.   Liz or as my MBA classmates from Smurfit know her, Elizabeth Kiathe, []
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Speaking in silence

So as I mentioned during Ignite on Sunday, we’re starting up a prayer space in the Living Room, but I just want to emphasise that it’s not just for people []
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I’m sleepy…

Alarms went off at 5am: my fault. I insisted the whole family get up to see the lunar eclipse. They were bribed with chocolate spread on toast, which has only []
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