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Reflection Three: Busyness can be an idol

Making discoveries because of Time Wisdom as promoted by http://www.notbusy.co.uk is one thing; the application of these discoveries into my own life will be quite another. The suggestion that busyness can be a form of pride, which to my understanding … Continue reading

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Reflection Two: already late

Already late? That is not a particular place to begin when attempting to reflect on being #notbusy. I had intended to offer a thought every day, so on day three; I am only on two. There is a reason; and … Continue reading

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Reflection One; 15 minutes

I have signed up for Lent with http://www.notbusy.co.uk which is the truly wonderful idea of giving up busyness for Lent. I have embraced it because I am so often a human doing rather than a human being. The idea of … Continue reading

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space and story

I have had the privilege of being at two conferences this week. The first was Birmingham Diocese’s annual get together for priests and ministers serving on outer estates. The second was the growing churches day. This blog will mainly reflect … Continue reading

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Puppies, Not Busy and Growing Churches

I am about to prove the old adage that you should not try to blog on more than one thing at once. The household has a new pup; we have become a three dog household. The youngster is called Samwise, … Continue reading

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Frodo’s Way: Pippin’s grace

Another one, so another blog recommendation: http://kingdompoets.blogspot.co.uk/ Frodo’s recovery is in a large part down to his brother, Pippin. They are littermates, and had never been apart until the two nights Frodo was in the vet hospital recovering from his … Continue reading

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Frodo’s Way: Thriving

Once again let me point you in the direction of another blog, if you find it difficult to cope with animals and theological reflection. This one is particularly good, http://philgroom.wordpress.com/tag/phil-groom/ and I commend it to you. It is now 51 days … Continue reading

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Frodo’s Way: normality

In keeping with my last two blogs, let me offer readers an alternative, if they do not wish to hear my ramblings about Frodo, my long-haired lurcher, who recently had a his right back leg amputated. The aptly named http://www.theblogofkevin.wordpress.com isContinue reading

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2012 in review

The WordPress.com stats helper monkeys prepared a 2012 annual report for this blog. Here’s an excerpt: 600 people reached the top of Mt. Everest in 2012. This blog got about 3,500 views in 2012. If every person who reached the … Continue reading

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Frodo’s way: adjusting

Continuing the theme of yesterday, if you struggle with self-indulgence you might like to try another blog. This one by a priest-farmer is very good: http://llanfach.blogspot.co.uk/ My reflections are based on the recovery of Frodo, my lurcher, from the amputation … Continue reading

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