Tanya Marlow – on the Bible, suffering and the messy edges of life
Posted in Bible on Mar 28th, 2013
I say it every night to my son, “May God bless you and keep you.” Sometimes it is just as a reflex, a good habit to fall into so that my boy will have those words of God deeply etched into his soul. Sometimes I can barely hold back the emotion as I feel all [...]
Posted in God and suffering - Our Story on Dec 11th, 2012
Dave Lamb and his wife, Shannon are two of my real life heroes. I had the pleasure of observing them in life and ministry during their time in Oxford. Dave’s recent book, God Behaving Badly, on the character of God in the Old Testament was instrumental in helping me re-fall in love with God after [...]
Posted in Five minute Friday, Life, Spirituality and discipleship on Sep 7th, 2012
It’s ‘Five minute Friday’ time, joining with Lisa-Jo Baker. She gives us 1 word, we write for 5 minutes flat – no backtracking or editing, throwing caution to the wind. Check out others’ five-minute offerings by clicking on the button below. This is my best five minutes on “Graceful”. I hate watching home movies [...]
Posted in Bible, Emotions, Spirituality and discipleship on Aug 8th, 2012
Today I am feeling listless and restless. I am frustrated with myself because I should be really happy right now: I’ve just been on holiday, I’ve had loads of sunshine and good food and great chats with friends. I am emotionally replenished. I’m so blessed. But for some reason, over the last couple [...]
One morning, a few weeks ago, I started writing a blog post. I wrote it using my iPad, but decided to draft it in an email so it would be easier to edit. I spent an hour lovingly tapping out a thousand words. I edited, tweaked, smiled. I could feel my brain slowing down [...]
