Tanya Marlow – on the Bible, suffering and the messy edges of life
Posted in God and suffering - Our Story on Nov 20th, 2012
Addie Zierman is one of my favourite writers. She has an uncanny way of getting under the skin of things, of truth-telling so effortlessly and beautifully. I have lost count of the times when I have gone to her blog and found the very thing I was pondering, expressed with more dignity and beauty than [...]
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 [...]
Posted in Five minute Friday, Life, living with M.E. on Jul 23rd, 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 ‘Enough’. My apologies for my recent absence [...]
Posted in Five minute Friday, Spirituality and discipleship on Jun 29th, 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: ‘Dance’ When was the last [...]
Posted in Church, Five minute Friday on Jun 15th, 2012
It’s ‘Five minute Friday’ time! It’s inspired by Lisa-Jo over at The Gypsy Mama. The idea is that you write for five minutes flat on a topic, without worrying about whether it’s right or not. It’s kinda fun! Check out others’ interesting 5-minute posts on the topic by clicking on the button below. I’m grateful [...]
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 [...]
Posted in Five minute Friday, Life on Mar 30th, 2012
This is my ‘Five minute Friday’, inspired by Lisa-Jo at The Gypsy Mama. The idea is that you write for five minutes flat on a topic, without worrying about whether it’s right or not. Check out others’ interesting 5-minute posts on the topic here. This is my best five minutes on: Gift GO I am [...]
“A place of tears” Photo credit: Olga Oslina How do you pray when the joy has gone and your present experience is a place of tears? How do you process it when all the good things in your life are in the past, and your present is just hard work and sorrow? [...]
