Tanya Marlow – on the Bible, suffering and the messy edges of life
Posted in God and suffering - Our Story on Oct 30th, 2012
Emma Scrivener’s book, A New Name, on her journey with anorexia, is one of the most gripping autobiographies I’ve ever read. I love her witty, insightful blog, and I’m excited that she’s writing something of her own God and Suffering story here. Over to Emma: If you’d met me seven years ago, here’s what you’d [...]
Posted in Concrete words: childhood and maturity, Spirituality and discipleship on Oct 29th, 2012
I’m joining with Amber’s Concrete Words series, where she writes about writing and uses concrete words to show the abstract. She is such an excellent writer, this is a masterclass. Writers, do join with us! In the middle of the doctors’ waiting room, amongst the tired magazines and pale patients was an [...]
Posted in Five minute Friday, Spirituality and discipleship on Oct 26th, 2012
What do you do when you can’t hear God’s voice? I write this from a place of frustration. Someone asked me the other day how my relationship with God was going. I said it felt like I was in a troubled marriage – I keep turning up for the dates, but the [...]
Posted in Spirituality and discipleship on Oct 24th, 2012
Today I am honoured to be guest-posting for Micha Boyett for her This Sacred Everyday series. Micha is one of my favourite bloggers, and she always pushes my thinking on matters of spirituality. It is a privilege to be on her site today. “This is sister Sue,” my Mum said. “She’s a Prayer [...]
Posted in God and suffering - Our Story on Oct 23rd, 2012
I am SO excited that Joy Bennett is writing her story. I read her blog voraciously: she speaks truth, both the mess and the glory together, and it gives life to my soul. Over to Joy: Thirteen years ago, I had all the answers, I thought. My life and new marriage was trucking along [...]
Posted in Spirituality and discipleship on Oct 19th, 2012
When was the last time you entered a different country? There are two ways of entering a country. The first way is the clear entry. I have been to America once, and the entry was a noisy airport, announcements, surprisingly personal questions from unsmiling uniformed figures, fingerprinting, forms, heavy luggage. I had arrived. [...]
Posted in Recommendations and Reviews on Oct 17th, 2012
It’s every parent’s worst nightmare. You watch your child picking again at their food. You rationalise that lots of children are fussy eaters, and that doesn’t mean anything. Time passes. The length of time they spend in the bathroom increases – but that’s normal for a teenager, right? More time passes. You [...]
Posted in God and suffering - Our Story, illness on Oct 16th, 2012
Alastair Roberts is a PhD student (Theology) at Durham University. I really appreciate his thoughtful approach to pretty much everything and his encyclopaedic Biblical knowledge. (If there’s ever a Bible passage you’re stuck on, do ask him what he thinks – his perspective is always helpful.) I’m delighted that he’s sharing his story here. At [...]
Posted in Bible, Five minute Friday, Spirituality and discipleship on Oct 12th, 2012
You always run faster when there is a crowd cheering. I noticed this at the Olympics – how many personal bests were achieved, records broken. Some of that will have been from the thrill and challenge of competing, and beating others. Some of that, I suspect, is from the volume of the cheers, and [...]
Posted in Bible, Concrete words: childhood and maturity on Oct 10th, 2012
What is your favourite book? I remember ‘Each Peach, Pear, Plum’ – the first book I carried home from school on the bus at the age of five. I left it on the bus and there was no end to my distraught tears. I loved it because it had a whole cast of characters [...]
