I was reading a devotional by Joni Eareckson Tada the other day, entitled ‘The Leaky Bucket’. In it she writes about a time on the farm as a child that she had to feed a calf, from a bucket with a definite hole in the bottom. What she put in was fairly quickly falling out, …
19 days into Advent and I feel like it’s time for HNAC Alison to make an appearance. That’s my hypothetically not a Christian self. Who, let’s face it, is just me unfiltered. HNAC Alison would be outraged by what I wrote yesterday. “You are judged for not having children?! This is why I’m never coming …
Continue reading Advent 2024 #19: Cookie Cutter Christianity
Many people can’t stand Christmas. This is not because they are Scrooges, but because the year before, and perhaps a few before that, is not getting a five-star rating. Perhaps it’s not even getting one. It’s only getting half a star because you’re still standing. There’s a song from Matthew West’s 2024 album called Unashamed. …
A few weeks ago at church, we had an ‘invite your friends’ week. Rightly or wrongly, I consciously didn’t invite anyone and for a particular reason. I thought of my atheistic alter-ego, HNAC Alison. There is no way she would be coming to church at 10am on a Sunday. Don’t bother to invite her because …