Love is patient, part one
Let us not become weary in doing good, for we believe that in God's timing we will receive a harvest from our endurance. Wait patiently...
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Shanley McConnell
- Feb 6
- 2 min
The Monday Review, week twenty five
1. Brother of the More Famous Jack, Barbara Trapido This small, seemingly unassuming novel was recommended to me by a new friend in...
Shanley McConnell
- Jan 30
- 3 min
The Monday Review, week twenty four
1. Dear Boy, Emily Berry I walked into old memories where I would visit the quiet, brightly-lit fourth floor of the Wellgate Library on...
- Mar 28, 2020
- 1 min
A Friday Film: Spirited Away (2001)
~ ~ Spirited Away, a studio ghibli film dir. by Hayao Miyazaki Spirited Away is gorgeousness, a beautiful composition of melody, rhythm,...
- Mar 24, 2020
- 2 min
Devotion: Worship
"It was planted in good soil beside abundant waters, that it might yield branches and bear fruit and become a splendid vine," Ezekial...
- Mar 23, 2020
- 2 min
The Monday Review, week thirteen
The Monday Review. Self-isolation reads. Anne Enright. Haruki Murakami. Kate Folk. The New Yorker. Linda Boström Knausgård.
- Mar 23, 2020
- 3 min
Devotion: In The Holiest of Holy Places
You will seek me, and you will find me, when you seek me with all your heart," Jeremiah 29v13. ~ ~ Dear friends ♡ I've written this...
- Mar 23, 2020
- 2 min
Devotion: One Thing
~ Good morning friends ♡ I'm thinking of you today, as we all hide away in self-isolation and try to remain calm & encouraged in these...
- Mar 6, 2020
- 1 min
A Friday Film: Us and Them (2018)
Us and Them, dir. Rene Liu ~ ~ Released 28th April 2018, Us and Them (Hoòulái de Women) is the story of two stranger who meet on a train...
- Feb 28, 2020
- 5 min
Devotion: Collaboration > Competition
~ ~ Satan (sin) wants to isolate. He seeks the solo competitor------easier this way to overpower. To overshadow the power of...
- Feb 19, 2020
- 6 min
Devotion: As Those Who Are Alive
~ ~ In Mark 6, Jesus sought a space where it was quiet. A place of rest. Him and his disciples had been busy with good, restorative...
- Feb 17, 2020
- 2 min
The Monday Review, week twelve
~ ~ 1. Bridge Of Clay, Markus Zusak Markus Zusak's Bridge Of Clay has been on The Monday Review list for a long while now, and (because...
- Feb 13, 2020
- 4 min
Devotion: When The Simpliest Things in Life Expose Loneliness, and other thoughts
~ ~ "You satisfy me as with rich food; my mouth will praise you with joyful lips," Psalm 63v5. Sometimes we feel alone, empty, fatigued. ...
- Feb 6, 2020
- 5 min
Devotion: Practice Rest
~ Beginning a new devotional week with the story of Jesus' birth. Luke 2:1-7. But let us look at one verse, five words: "And while they...
- Feb 3, 2020
- 4 min
Recipes of the Month: Beginning February
~ ~ (also, in replace of this weeks' Monday Review), I thought I'd write something new. A couple favorite recipes from my semester. But...
- Feb 2, 2020
- 3 min
Devotion: Let Imperfection Lead Us to the Heart of Imagination
~ ~ A stroke of imperfection runs through everything and everyone we came across in this world; even the things we hope will...
- Jan 30, 2020
- 6 min
Devotion: In Whose Image We Have Been Made
~ "Let the words of my mouth and the meditation of my heart be acceptable in your site, O Lord," -- psalm 19v14. ~ Good morning lovely...
- Jan 27, 2020
- 3 min
The Monday Review, week eleven
~ ~ 1. Half of What Atlee Rouse Knows About Horses, Bret Anthony Johnston Winner of the 2017 Sunday Times Short Story Award, Half of What...
- Jan 26, 2020
- 5 min
Devotion: God-With-Us
~ ~ In the Old Testament, 1s Kings 18, the Lord came to the prophet Elijah and commanded him to approach Ahab, the seventh king of the...
- Jan 24, 2020
- 9 min
Devotion: Kingdom of Peace
~ ~ 2 Kings 5 tells the story of a man named Naaman. "Captain of the army of the king of Aram, Naaman was a great man, and highly...
- Jan 22, 2020
- 7 min
Devotion: Creativity & The Art of Paying Attention
~ ~ I listened to a Ted Talk by widely regarded actor Joseph Gordon-Levitt today about how craving attention can make us less creative....
- Jan 20, 2020
- 3 min
The Monday Review, week ten
~ ~ 1. Astonishing The Gods, Ben Okri Astonishing The Gods is a book that highlights the theme of invisibility. The notion of...
- Jan 19, 2020
- 4 min
Devotion: Waiting In A State Of Holy Anticipation
Devotional, a response to Priscilla Shirer's Awaken. Waiting In A State of Holy Anticipation.
- Jan 13, 2020
- 4 min
The Monday Review, week nine
~ ~ 1. Normal People, Sally Rooney This book has been widely circulated in conversations. A title of literary debate & discussion among...
- Jan 13, 2020
- 6 min
Devotion: The New Year
~ Hello! Welcome to one of my first posts of 2020. I hope you are well, and had a restful Christmas and New Year season. I'm thrilled to...
- Dec 31, 2019
- 4 min
The Monday Review, week eight
~ 1. Dragons, Matthew Francis Faber & Faber published Matthew Francis' Dragons in 2001; his second collection focuses on...
- Dec 19, 2019
- 5 min
Michaelmas in Recap
~ The Best of 2019 Michaelmas & the Festive Season ~ Scrolling Back Can you believe its been months since my last week-in-recap update?...
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