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Category Archives: Perseverance
Whatever is manageable, whatever is maintainable .
So although my bodies been a git today (stupid possible Oat Milk reaction) it turns out (funnily enough) that if I don’t eat 3 bars of chocolate, 2 packets of crisps a day and be as consistent with walking my … Continue reading
3 boxes.
Imagine 3 separate boxes. These are the boxes where I contain my grief. Let me explain. The first box is where I hold memories and thoughts of John that are too painful or traumatic to think about and talk about … Continue reading
Posted in Bereavement, grief, Life, loss, Perseverance, Widow
Tagged Bereavement, Faith, feelings, grief, life, loneliness, loss, pain, Widow
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A reflection on 25 Years (Long read)
25 years ago today I raised my hand at a youth weekend away with Kenilworth Youth for Christ. What a journey its been. 2 months after this my second nephew Alex was born severely brain damaged due to a Doctor’s … Continue reading
Posted in Bereavement, Bible, Faith, grief, Life, loss, Perseverance, Theology, Uncategorized
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Hopes and dreams
I’ve recently found myself wanting to have hopes, dreams, desires and being invested in things. Continue reading
Posted in Bereavement, Life, loss, Perseverance
Tagged Dreams, Hope, life, loss, worry
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(Long) Snippets of the Vickster on the eve of Lockdown 2.0
I’m feeling the need to blog, however I am very tired, partly because I stayed up till 4:30am watching the America Election results and partly because of every other part of life since 2017…. so what comes out next might … Continue reading
Posted in Faith, Life, Perseverance, Theology, Uncategorized
Tagged life, lockdown, Theology
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“You’re not academic”
Another essay in. I still have 2 to do this year that I had deferred from previous years due to bereavements. It’s honestly a miracle I’ve got this far and I’m so grateful to God everytime I hand an essay … Continue reading
Posted in Academia, Bereavement, Faith, grief, Life, loss, Perseverance, Theology, Widow
Tagged Academia, Bereavement, Christianity, Faith, Hope, life, loss, Theology, Thoughts, Widow
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Verbal Processing.
To be fair I have done quite a lot of verb processing today, and yet, I feel I need to do more. (This may be the lockdown effect.) Some people say you shouldn’t process on a blog for others to … Continue reading
Posted in Bereavement, Faith, grief, Humility, Life, Perseverance, Uncategorized
Tagged blogging, Christianity, Faith, life, loss, Politics
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Kindness
It wasn’t someone shouting at me that my beliefs were wrong that drew me to The Lord. It wasn’t someone screaming at me that I was ‘going to hell’ that drew me to The Lord. It wasn’t someone quoting Bible … Continue reading
Posted in Bible, counselling, Deconstruction, Faith, grief, Humility, Life, loss, Perseverance, Teaching, Theology, Uncategorized
Tagged Bible, Christianity, Evangelical, Kindness, Liberal
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Christmas time.
The last day of the Christmas has arrived in the church calendar. Midnight Mass was beautiful, I cried even though I was serving but did it discreetly so no one saw, I was overwhelmed by the story of Jesus’ birth, … Continue reading
Posted in Bereavement, Faith, grief, Life, loss, Perseverance, Theology, Widow
Tagged Bereavement, Faith, feelings, grief, life, loss, pain, Theology, Widow, widowed
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Ramblings of authenticity.
Firstly let me apologise for the length of this post. Please don’t read it if it’s too long for you. I know I look at some blog post and think, “ain’t got time for that”. I totally ramble on and … Continue reading
Posted in Bereavement, counselling, Faith, grief, Humility, Life, loss, Perseverance, Pride, Theology, Uncategorized, Widow
Tagged ambiguity, Authenticity, blogging, evaluation, Faith, grief, life, Theology, Widow
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