Tag Archives: work from a place of rest

Time to Press Pause?

Posted on November 17, 2017 by honestaboutmyfaith

Today I am joining with others on a Ministers retreat day and I am really looking forward to it. I have to be honest though. I am not always good at making the time to press pause and to allow … Continue reading →

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Time to Reflect: Running Away from Responsibilities or doing something Really Important?

Posted on February 19, 2017 by honestaboutmyfaith

Although I have so much to get done and there so many possible things that could occupy my time, over these next few days I’m taking some time to pause and reflect. It started this morning with a gathering to reflect … Continue reading →

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Do you ever feel like life is too busy?

Posted on October 13, 2016 by honestaboutmyfaith

Do you ever feel like life is too busy? Do you think that it is God’s intention that we are really busy? Those of you who follow my blog will have noticed that I have written a lot less over the … Continue reading →

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Since when did serving God come to mean that we always have to be really busy?

Posted on April 30, 2016 by honestaboutmyfaith

At the beginning of this year I realized that I had several days of holiday entitlement that I had not taken and the leadership team of the church encouraged me to make sure I took these days off. My teenage … Continue reading →

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Prepare New Cartridge?

Posted on February 1, 2016 by honestaboutmyfaith

So, we bought a new all singing and all dancing* printer copier for the church. The sales blurb told us that the high-capacity toner cartridges would produce 3000 copies and so I was surprised to get a warning to ‘prepare … Continue reading →

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Back to life, back to reality

Posted on January 3, 2015 by honestaboutmyfaith

Lots of us are returning to normal life after a Christmas spent having fun, relaxing and eating too much. That first day back at work after a holiday can be a killer and it’s all too easy to spend our lives regretting … Continue reading →

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You are not a salmon

Posted on October 25, 2014 by honestaboutmyfaith

The salmon spends its life relentlessly trying to get upstream, with ceaseless endeavour it fights the currents of massive rivers, drags itself over rocks and shallow water, forces its way up huge waterfalls. never stops, never rests just battles and … Continue reading →

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