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How Was Your Productive-in-Its-Own-Way Thursday?

Jan 15
2 min

How Was Your Productive-in-Its-Own-Way Thursday?

Now, I typically don't write my Thankful Thursday posts at eight o'clock on Thursday night, but when life hands you lemons and a busy day, you make lemonade at your earliest convenience. So, here we are. I had a relatively unproductive 24 hours, all things considered—one of those days when every task seems to take an eternity and leaves you feeling utterly devoid of accomplishment. But in a way, I suppose that's just a matter of perspective. Our need to constantly operate at

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And Bob's Your Uncle

Nov 12, 2020
2 min

And Bob's Your Uncle

I do not have a spontaneous bone in my body. I mean that in the most literal sense. I am not impulsive. I hate making decisions and usually go out of my way to leave the big ones up to other people, and most of my life happens within a comfortable status quo that I have no problem with 90% of the time. When the idea of a bob haircut first struck me, it was almost laughable. Inspired by one of my favourite characters from Marissa Meyer's The Lunar Chronicles, and later by anot

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Because Prayer Works

For Lack of Spare Minutes

May 28, 2020
2 min

For Lack of Spare Minutes

When time slows down, it gives us a breath to slow down with it and savour our circumstances. To look at the little things and see what we may otherwise have glossed over for lack of spare minutes, or for lives packed to maximum capacity. When time slows down, suddenly we have minutes in abundance. Suddenly we can spend time together doing nothing but being together; we can climb a tree or lay in the grass and stare up at the sky just thinking and praying and feeling God's Pr

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Thankful Thursday (except, you know, on a Friday)

Jan 24, 2020
2 min

Thankful Thursday (except, you know, on a Friday)

Sorry, folks, I know I haven't been overly active in the blogging/social media world this week, but exams have thrown a wrench in my Heir of Ariad plans and, well, I've been just a tad pre-occupied. Fortunately, though, having written my first exam today, I have a plethora of blessings to be thankful for! Yes, I know it's not Thursday, but perhaps you'd like to join me in counting just a few of the blessings I've found to be noteworthy this week. 1. Those who are in semestere

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Looking Out and Giving Thanks

Oct 24, 2019
2 min

Looking Out and Giving Thanks

One temptation that seems prevalent in our luxury-cushioned first-world is the urge to dwell on ourselves. Whether it's that nagging cold, or that way-too-early morning, or that hurtful word we just can’t seem to smooth from our memories—how much time do we spend, do we waste, looking inwards, at our own troubles, instead of looking out? It’s not an easy concept—forgetting ourselves. It’s true and authentic selflessness. But when we do step out of the grey cloud of our proble

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Peripheral Blessings

Sep 30, 2019
2 min

Peripheral Blessings

This weekend I heard the story of a courageous young woman who has battled unimaginable health issues for more than six years. Her story, though painful and riddled with periods of fear and doubt, is a triumphant testament to the goodness of God. In her words, “God is real, and He is good.” There were so many ways in which her testimony touched me, so many facets of her story that blew me away. How did she find courage when the pain seemed to have no end? How did she keep pra

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