Another year over, a new one just begun... here's the books I read in 2022 along with my personal reviews. With a few shorter ones along the way, I managed to hit my aim of a book a month, plus two spares. I feel like I'm getting busier each year, but evidently I'm currently making …
Bias in sport is an ugly beast. Just yesterday I found myself umpiring my own club, including girls I'd coached previously. I actually didn't notice who was on court until I went over to check their nails and saw myself face-to-face with 'my girls'. Next though: Ugh, this is not good. For the record, I …
Having recently read some of Orwell’s essays, I’m again in this post reflecting on some points that he covers that are worthy of consideration, aligned with the aims of this blog. One lengthy essay Orwell wrote entitled Such, such were the joys explores the anything but joyous experience he had at St Cyprian’s in the …
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In my ongoing reading of the book of Ezra this week, I've been continuing to reflect on the way in which God's people experienced persecution at this point in their history. This point being when they were attempting to rebuild their temple after spending decades in exile at the hands of a Babylonian King. In …
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