There is a sentiment in society today that success perpetuates success. You acheive to display acheivement, which leads to more acheivement to display all the more, which leads… This is all very well and good, appropriate and understandable (we all do this to varying degrees). But it does become a little bit more difficult whenContinue reading “To Have and to Have-Not.”
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On Bread in the Bible
Recently the women of my small church had a weekend away. One of the organisers had suggested we look at the theme of ‘bread’ in the bible, as we were going to stay at the home of a sourdough baker. I was organising the talks and content side of things, and so I looked throughContinue reading “On Bread in the Bible”
On Minimalism. Part 2 – Defying and Deepening.
Minimalism is like a Swiss army knife diet in the hand of a materialistic glutton. It’ll help you get the job done in the way you need to get the job done, if of course you’re a materialistic glutton like me. But like every tool, we need to know what it’s made for. The followingContinue reading “On Minimalism. Part 2 – Defying and Deepening.”
On Minimalism. Part 1 – Defining and Defending.
Every now and then I go through fads. In 2019 this usually occurred at the end of the semesters, during an examination period or at the time an assessment was due. One of those fads was minimalism. I listened to the The Minimalist’s podcast and also started watching Matt D’Avella. These things I really enjoyedContinue reading “On Minimalism. Part 1 – Defining and Defending.”
Bigvai and Shiphrah 