Tag Archives: fear

Expect Good News

Posted on February 22, 2016 by anyushka

I will be on retreat for the next days, as one of three facilitators – and I will take the text below with me for reflection. It’s my turn to write a Lent reflection about this passage just when I return. … Continue reading →

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Dealing With Destructiveness

Posted on December 31, 2015 by anyushka

A few years ago, I was in a short-lived and long-regretted relationship with someone I thought I knew quite well, only to then discovered that I had no idea who I was dealing with. It was partly a mistake in judgment … Continue reading →

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There Will Come a Time

Posted on December 12, 2015 by anyushka

Listening to this a lot at the moment:   And after the storm, I run and run as the rains come And I look up, I look up, on my knees and out of luck, I look up. Night has … Continue reading →

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Into The Darkest Hour

Posted on November 30, 2015 by anyushka

It was a time like this, war & tumult of war, a horror in the air. Hungry yawned the abyss – and yet there came the star and the child most wonderfully there. It was a time like this of … Continue reading →

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God, Hear My Prayer

Posted on November 24, 2015 by anyushka

I got a letter from my father today. Instant dread sinking into me when I noticed the handwriting on the envelope. Could be my grandma, could be him. Very similar style. I closed my room door behind me to open it, … Continue reading →

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God With Us

Posted on November 15, 2015 by anyushka
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Let Yourself Heal

Posted on October 18, 2015 by anyushka

Another wonderful creation from Motivating Giraffe. Read her words too…

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The Grace of Solitude

Posted on October 9, 2015 by anyushka

“Fellowship with Christ is a table only for two — set in the wilderness. Inwardness is not a gaudy party, but the meeting of lovers in the lonely desert of the human heart. There, where all life and fellowship can … Continue reading →

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Where I Find Myself

Posted on September 13, 2015 by anyushka

… I have always wanted all this space/ this open pathless place … and now that I stand in it/ instinct tells me to contain  the openness by  trying to discern the paths which others tread/  attempting to set foot on each … Continue reading →

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Your Place

Posted on September 2, 2015 by anyushka

Source: September 3, 2015 – Your place

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