[WRITER] ‘Church as Family’ Bible Notes with ‘Day by Day with God’

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Day by Day with God is published by BRF (the Bible Reading Fellowship), written by women for women. Each day a Bible passage is selected, a key verse focused upon, and then an explanation or application is suggested, along with further suggestions to help move women forward in their spiritual journey. This is the second time that I've been asked to write for these Bible notes, and was given the theme of 'Church as Family',…
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[MEDIA] Talking Google Home and Jesus Christ with @PremierRadio

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I got a call from Premier Radio this morning, asking if I'd seen the stories that Google Home doesn't know who Jesus is, but does know who Buddha, Mohammed are, etc. I had quick trawl around the internet, and a bit of Facebook conversation (only visible to 'friends'), this video demonstrates it quite well: That video also links to an article questioning why this might happen, and if we look beyond the headlines about 'outrage'…
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#EmptyShelf17 No.46: Taking off the mask: daring to be the person God created you to be by @CMusters

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Plenty to think about in this book: Taking off the mask: daring to be the person God created you to be by Claire Musters My rating: 5 of 5 stars Claire's book is a mix of personal vulnerability, tied to 10 years of observation, considering how wearing a 'mask' for social acceptability all the time is awkward, exhausting and unfulfilling, spending your whole lives feeling a need to perform (as Jeff Lucas puts it in…
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#EmptyShelf17 No.45: Undivided Heart: Finding Meaning and Motivation in Christ by @LucyMills

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Undivided Heart: Finding Meaning and Motivation in Christ by Lucy Mills My rating: 5 of 5 stars I started reading Lucy Mill’s new book ‘Undivided Heart’ on the train to ‘Gathering of Women Leaders’, a space where inspiring women are making a difference within the church. Lucy, another inspiring woman, draws on a strong theological and biblical grounding to challenge us, and herself, to question what has shaped us, and created our normal, a normal…
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#Emptyshelf17 #22 Life Hurts by Elizabeth McNaught

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Life Hurts by Elizabeth McNaught My rating: 4 of 5 stars This is not a particularly long book, but packed with interesting insights from the perspective of a survivor (although as she says still an ongoing battle) who is now a Dr. I have known Lizzie's dad for years so saw the book appear in his FB timeline. There's a mix of autobiography, some medical insights, and theological underpinning as Lizzie highlights that life hurts…
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