Just Life Stuff – Bigvai and Shiphrah

Rereading Digital Minimalism by Cal Newport

Re-reading and re-orienting with Digital minimalism. some thoughts as I re-read this book.

Superwoman

I used to be a superwoman! I think fondly back to my early-to-mid twenties when I thought I could do everything. When I could say ‘Yes’ to pretty much any deadline and all I had to do was a few almost-all-nighters. Sometimes that was a week of almost-all-nighters. At times it was rough. But IContinue reading “Superwoman”

Life is a given: how losing my first baby affected the way I viewed my second pregnancy.

Life is so precious, and the arrival of a new baby is naturally a joyfully anticipated event. In the weeks before the birth of our second child I had many strangers ask me, ‘when are you due?’ And one old lady who I hadn’t met before but who lived on my waddling route even cameContinue reading “Life is a given: how losing my first baby affected the way I viewed my second pregnancy.”

Remembering Ellie

This week my husband and I remember the birth, life and passing of our first child and daughter, Ellie. It’s strange to think that it’s been a year. Recently my husband reminded me of something that Mark Thompson, the principal of our theological college wrote to us at the time: “Take hold of the GodContinue reading “Remembering Ellie”

Kintsugi, Idealism and Moderation.

Some months back I was walking with a mate and we mentally meandered across the topic of Kintsugi. It is the art of repairing pottery with gold joinery. Turns out that this topic is getting the spotlight in Christian circles as a bit of a metaphor. Instead of deeming something un-valuable and not worth fixingContinue reading “Kintsugi, Idealism and Moderation.”

The Ironic Experience of Reading Psalm 119

I am not a naturally skilled reader. I also don’t enjoy reading a whole lot. It’s taken a good deal of intentional habit-building to start developing any semblance of wholesome habitual reading in my life. Perhaps you could call this a character deficiency. At any rate, it has put me in a funny spot asContinue reading “The Ironic Experience of Reading Psalm 119”

On Work, and Not Working.

At the beginning of the year I was not a happy man. I wouldn’t say I was depressed, instead it might be labelled, “situational-down-and-out-ness.” In other words, I didn’t have a job. To be clear, I had put myself in this situation. When I finished my theological degree my plan was to look for part-timeContinue reading “On Work, and Not Working.”

Men can have shoe problems too.

To be a man is to have temperance in one’s consumption and use of shoes. This universal rule is contradicted by my life. For you see, I owned shoes for every occasion. I had wedding shoes (a pair in white, and a pair in black), running shoes, shoes for everyday wear, shoes to wear aroundContinue reading “Men can have shoe problems too.”

Wedding Cards – Four Years On

Over the last few weeks I have been sorting things in our house. One of the projects was a bag of cards from our wedding, some four and a half years ago. I quite like cards, and so I didn’t want to just chuck them out, but I did want to reduce the amount ofContinue reading “Wedding Cards – Four Years On”

My Story of BMX

I don’t know what most parents expect as they buy their child’s first bike. Perhaps many see it as a necessary step in growing up, a milestone in independence as they are enabled to travel further faster. Or it could simply be a toy that happens to give them genuinely important life skills. After all,Continue reading “My Story of BMX”