My Little Notepad

My Little Notepad was my corner of the internet while I learned to blog, from around 2010 to 2019.

I have posts on all aspects of my life, writing, reading, and the early years of being a mother.

Tag: Faith

  • God is…

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    God is… what? God is personal to me. He is not the same for me as he is for you, or my husband, or my parents, or my children, or my neighbours. God is a teacher. Not in the whole “this stuff is really painful so it must be teaching me something” way. But like… Read more

  • Peace & Action

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    The search for God and meaning in the world is probably one of the most commonly shared experiences we have as humans. There is often an emptiness and a hunger to find out about the possibility of something bigger than us. And for many, it can consume a great deal of our lives both in… Read more

  • Truth, Certainty and Respect

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    One of the things really, I mean REALLY, bothering me lately is religion. As most of my friends know, I consider myself a Christian in the sense that I believe not only God, who created the world and made each of us “fearfully and wonderfully” unique and special but also in Jesus Christ who died… Read more

  • Celebration!

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    Back in January I wrote a post about The Year I Turn Thirty. I talked about some of my thoughts about turning thirty and a kind of forecast for the year. Do pop over and have a look, it is (as you’d expect from me) extremely wise and witty. Ahem. The Big Day is next… Read more

  • The Straw and the Camel

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    I have been quietly simmering for the last few days, and other than a few comments on Twitter I have kept silent. But Polly Toynbee’s article in the Guardian here today has finally broken this camel’s back. There are many, many attacks on various churches and faiths at the moment, and it seems that Christians among… Read more