Category Archives: Book Quotes

The Perks of Being a Wallflower

Posted on February 26, 2013 by

Psalm 54:3 For the insolent have risen against me, the ruthless seek my life; they do not set God before them. If you haven’t read it, you must read it, if you have read it, you must see it (but do not get … Continue reading →

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Studying Unitarianism

Posted on January 19, 2013 by

We must not look for religion in creeds or formularies of human invention. We must look for it in the honest, the pious, the devotional heart; in the heart which truly loves God, loves its sister and brother also. The … Continue reading →

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Dante’s Inferno

Posted on January 16, 2013 by

Dante’s Divine Comedy is a pretty important read for a theology student. Rather happily my flatmate has the video game of the first part, the Inferno, so I spent the day learning whilst getting to play on XBox! Dante wrote … Continue reading →

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Thy Peace

Posted on January 2, 2013 by

An evening out tonight with the vicar of my Home Parish Anglican Church (St Michael & All Angels) Simon Marsh to talk with Jeff, minister of Bramhall’s local Unitarian gathering. About a month ago I was told that for one … Continue reading →

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Censorship Poem

Posted on August 29, 2012 by

Challenge 3: Censorship poem. Make a poem by blacking out parts of a page of text. I wouldn’t say I’d done particularly well at this, but it was pretty difficult! It’s more of a list of words… part of this … Continue reading →

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Bookshelf Poem

Posted on August 25, 2012 by

Time has flown by and I am now too old to enter poems in the Foyle Young Poets Network. But although having found it a bit late, I like the look of the August Writing Challenge. So there are 16 … Continue reading →

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Thomas Hardy

Posted on July 17, 2012 by

I’ve tried very hard to read Hardy’s Tess of the d’Urbervilles but about a quarter of the way in have given up. Hardy’s descriptive skills are often rather wonderful… Nature does not often say “See!” to her poor creature at … Continue reading →

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Tradition

Posted on July 4, 2012 by

It’s often annoyed me when someone has argued that someone needs something to be maintained because of tradition. I recognise that we all have roots, we all have culture, we all have our traditions. They don’t just have to be … Continue reading →

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Forgiveness

Posted on June 17, 2012 by

Yesterday the Dalai Lama spoke of forgiveness not meaning accepting a wrong action. Forgiveness is rather about compassion and communication. This is always been a part of my life. I’m not perfect, but I’m like that. People hurt me or … Continue reading →

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An Invitation

Posted on May 19, 2012 by

Looking back through my theological reflection notes from 2011, I came across this… The Christian life is not about believing or doing what we need to do or believe so that we can be saved. Rather, it’s about seeing what … Continue reading →

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