It’s Friday night and I’m sat here, alone, watching re-runs of West Wing and trawling twitter for something interesting to read. It doesn’t take long: every foreign policy tweet is about the horrors in Homs, and every domestic political hack is talking about Steve Hilton. Mr Hilton was David Cameron’s closest and brightest strategic mind until, [...]
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I’ve been prompted by an accumulation of recent reading and the ‘Week of Religion’ on General Overflow to record my own unfinished thoughts. It’s more in reaction to the Editor’s essay title, rather than in response to it. I’ve been struggling for a year now about the concept of Church and ‘following Jesus.’ I’ve gone [...]
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A few weeks ago I spent the weekend away being lectured on having more time off. There was a lot more to the weekend than that, but that’s the main thing I remember. It seemed ironic: to spend the weekend in a classroom being told I should have more time off. The main thrust of [...]
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Dedicated to the memory of Rob, his widow, and his son. “Greater love hath no man than this, that a man lay down his life for his friends.” This Bible verse can never mean more to me than today. It is, of course, a reference to the immeasurable price Jesus Christ paid when he chose to [...]
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I’m a University Undergraduate currently on a year in industry. I consider myself to be a hard-working, quiet type, that others can call shy. I’m not, but I can get lost in my own thoughts! I’m a lover of walking, thanks to my Dad, and go sailing when I can. When I’m away from studies [...]
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