faith
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Personal Thank You
I just wanted to say For the very positive responses, comments and feedback from my recent blog about ‘1000 days since leaving Church‘ which I published just over a week ago. I did not quite realise, though had I thought… Continue reading
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1000 Days (Since I last went to Church)
In a week when its been revealed that 50% of the UK is no longer christian, no surprise really, tbh… but I have to ‘confess’ something: I dont go to church anymore. It just stopped. I just stopped going. About… Continue reading
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Morning moment
A Morning Blessing by John O’Donohue. Continue reading
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Self Love is a Risk
You’ve just got to love yourself, they say Give yourself time You are important You are enough Its about being vulnerable, and embracing discomfort Thats what some of the books say. Thats what’s required for life, for creativity and innovation… Continue reading
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Vulnerability; The Surprising Path to Spiritual Growth
I written before that being involved in church as a teenager was a ‘safe place’ for me. It was a place to develop a bit of an identity, a space to have some importance – I was a junior leader,… Continue reading
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Surviving Psychopathic Parenting (Part 5): The Little Grown Up
Turn up at a church youth group hiding scratch marks under your sleeve, or bruises on your arm, and you are treated as a project, someone who needs attention and even too damaged to be considered useful. Turn up as… Continue reading
James Ballantyne 