Where are you, God? I find myself asking this question time and again as I watch in horror the cruelty humanity is capable of. The wars and unrest that appear rife across the globe are distressing to witness. Grief is pictured on every single face of the survivors, as they experience the destruction of their …
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Devotional | Gratefulness as a Way of Life
We cannot be grateful for all that a given moment brings us; yet, in any given moment, we can be grateful for something. The gift within the gift of any given moment is opportunity. – Brother David Steindl-Rast Have you ever thought of the difference between gratitude and gratefulness? The rhythmic clichĂ© “an attitude of …
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Devotional | The Two Faces of Freedom
Freedom: the condition or right of being able or allowed to do, say, think, etc. whatever you want to, without being controlled or limited. Contemplating my topic for this month’s blog, I remembered a conversation with someone a while ago who told me that Christianity wasn’t for him because it took away his freedom to …
Devotional | Finding Freedom in God’s Directives
Show me your ways, Lord, teach me your paths. Guide me in your truth and teach me, for you are God my Saviour, and my hope is in you all day long.- Psalm 25:4-5 NIV Did you set resolutions at the beginning of the year? If so, how are they going? Gone are the days …
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Devotional | You’re Not Here to Think…You’re Here to do as You’re Told!
“You’re not here to think…you’re here to do as you’re told!” These words were fired at me like bullets from a rifle, causing me immediate injury. Of course, I laughed about it afterwards with my school friends, but in reality, the teacher who shot those words at me in class over forty years ago, caused …
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Devotional | Trusting in the Process of Life’s Journey
Oftentimes, it is easy to forget that it is the journey we are supposed to value and enjoy as much as the desired outcome. I find myself wanting the job finished, the research done, the piece written, instead of pausing to genuinely relish the process. It makes me wonder if there’s a part of me …
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Writers Life | Three Simple Tips When Starting Out
It’s taken a tragedy in my life to finally encourage me to share my writing publicly. I have always loved words but my musings on paper have always remained within the covers of my journals. Then my life was turned completely upside down and my words on paper took on deeper significance. My husband passed …
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Author Interview with Sally Hewitt
Welcome to the blog, Sally. Let’s start with five quick questions to get to know you: Long black or flat white? Flat white, and only one a day, otherwise I’m jittery! Kiwis or koalas? Koalas. My first stuffed toy was a koala which is particularly unusual because I am English, growing up in the UK. …